Comments on: OSU Laboratory Discovers New Canine Parvovirus

By: amy fearn

amy fearn — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:33:48 +0000

I just got a puppy from an oklahoma puppy “broker” and she tested positive for parvo as well. She didn’t have diarrhea or vomiting until the 4th day. She is in ICU getting a transfusion and iv fluids..they gave us 50 percent chance and this after spending $2000, I kid you not. We may choose to humanely euthanize her tomorrow if no improvement overnight. I told the breeder and do you know she is still selling the litter? Supposedly, they aren’t sick. I am so angry and feel like a fool. My heart is broken for my baby and sick over the lack of rules that protect a buyer.

By: Ann Quinn

Ann Quinn — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:03:49 +0000

Please help us. We only have a few dogs but the pups are dying at about 4-6 weeks. The vets don’t have any idea what to do. I have had horses for years and can certainly treat these puppies if I know what to do. I have had a couple tested with the swab test and they said it was positive for parvo. We did not see any vomiting or nasty stools in these pups. They just became letharagic and in 24 hours were gone. Thanks, for any help you can give us. Ann Quinn

By: Annette

Annette — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:59:07 +0000

I have the cure and have been curing this virus strain as well as standard parvo for nearly 4 years. Dr. Jack Broadhurst discovered it, and he owns the patent on THAT!
I sent 4 bodies to OSU then of dogs who were vaccinated and told them we had a new strain 4 years ago. (under the name Helvey) We were currently treating 38 in one kennel. We saved all of them with our new treatment. Since have saved thousands nation wide in the clinical trial. I have tried and tried to share this info. Tomorrow night at 10 pm on ch 2 is my last attempt, and I give up. I will have to be satisfied with the knowlege and hope the medical world will eventually give a parvo puppy tamiflu and watch it recover before their eyes. I still have hope.
Email me for treatment info. I wont respond to hate mail. My response is “treat a parvo puppy yourself, discover the miracle or leave me alone” I have nothing to prove. This clinical trial is completed and the results are being compiled. Its done and soon will become protocol, but how many have to die until then.
Annette
wheartranch@aol.com

By: furrybeasts

furrybeasts — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:35:31 +0000

Gee, several of my closest and most trusted veterinarians, technicians and caregivers have been trying to convince the staff at OSU that there has been either norovirus or a variant of canine parvovirus around for the past four years right here in Oklahoma. A 100% survival treatment has also been in practice for three out of those four years by sources outside the state by those generous enough to share their findings. Now that the embarassment of denial is too great, suddenly it’s OSU who has discovered the new strain, and still no indication of how to treat it. I guess that will be their discovery as well. I know where the real credit lies. I have discussed this myself with OSU staff with no results. Oh, by the way, OSU also researched Cytauxzoon felis in 2000-2002 and determined there was no cure. I can attest that our same researcher has been curing C. felis for over four years and I have cured my own with this protocol, only to be told by OSU that “We have a different, more virulent strain here.” I guess OSU’s press release discovering a cure for C. felis will be the next headline. Must be nice to bask in others hard work.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:20:07 +0000

Nancy,

Where the virus came from for that “kennel” is not the issue in the posts you take exception to.

Anyone with 600 puppies is NOT looking out for the best interests of the dogs. I have three dogs and it is a full-time job giving them all the attention they need and deserve. It would be impossible to give attention and love for 600 puppies, even without the additional adult dogs.

The fact that the animals died is terrible and sad. I do hope it completely ruined this puppymiller financially so that the mill will never recover and operate. Let’s hope that the person finds a real job to support himself. Puppy milling is blood money.

By: don't shop, adopt!

don't shop, adopt! — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:01:20 +0000

@ Nancy: Regardless of the origin of the virus, the point is that one breeder had 600 puppies. That is out of control and thoroughly irresponsible.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:01:06 +0000

@ Nancy: Regardless of the origin of the virus, the point is that one breeder had 600 puppies. That is out of control and thoroughly irresponsible.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:58:07 +0000

There’s also this- I haven’t seen much coverage. Due to the symptoms one possibility is a combination of bacterial and equine virus.

http://www.miamiherald.com/new.....11185.html

By: SH

SH — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:27:25 +0000

Never hurts to be too educated in these cases. Here’s a good link to help further understand what is going on:
http://www.petconnection.com/b...../08/parvo/

By: cany

cany — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:57:13 +0000

Does anyone have an actual COPY of the journal paper? I did go to the source (the author).

The problem herein for me has been that people that have talked to their veterinarians about this have commented thusly: (paraphrasing here…) that when reading the article surmised it was a hoax given the statement on 600 puppies dying (read puppymill, but most vets don’t get puppymills to begin with…). Not good coming from vets.

I would like to take the journal article to our rescue veterinarians myself. then have a discussion with them about it. Thus the request for the j. article, itself.

My advice: Don’t EVER trust your veterinarian. They cannot know every nuance of everything, all the time, from everywhere. It’s our responsibility to be good advocates.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:38:39 +0000

Don’t guess ANY of YOU have thought about the fact that the “BREEDER” with 600 puppies got it from SOMEWHERE ELSE. Parvo didn’t miraculously occur in his kennel because he had 600 puppies. It is a virus and can be transmitted on clothes, shoes, picked up in dog parks, and YES even the VETS office and boarding kennels.
Shame on you all for judging somebody that you don’t even have the faintest idea of what his kennel is like.

By: Lis

Lis — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:25:14 +0000

The current vacine protects quite well against the “new” variant:
A Canine Parvovirus Type 2 Vaccine Protects Dogs Following Challenge with a Recent Type 2C Strain
http://www.vin.com/proceedings.....;O=Generic
That’s from the proceedings of the 2006 World Small Animal Veterinary Congress; this strain has been known in Europe for years, and has probably been in the US for a while, too.

What’s different about this variant is not that the vaccine isn’t effective against it, and not that adult dogs can get it, too (they can get older strains of parvo, too, but incidence is much lower than in puppies because adult dogs are easier to vaccinate effectively), but that that virus has characteristics that make it harder to diagnose with the currently standard tests. Vets need to be aware it’s out there; pet owners don’t need to be panicking. The money quote here, that explains the loaded language in the press release, is that they’ve patented the virus. They’ll now develop a clinically practical test for it, and patent that, too.

By: G in INdiana

G in INdiana — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:07:54 +0000

Maggie, same thing as with Indonesia wanting to keep control of the bird flu virus. That way the only samples can be obtained from them for vaccine production and they get cash for providing them.
Medicine for profit, ain’t it great!

By: cat lady

cat lady — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:49:54 +0000

so they can patent the cure (vaccine) and make all the money of course

By: Maggie

Maggie — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:38:35 +0000

What the #$%^ does this mean ?

“A patent has been filed on the characteristics of the U.S. CPV-2c. ”

Why patent the virus ?