The incidence of enteritis caused by Canine parvovirus in the Veterinary Clinic of Can Tho University

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the incidence of enteritis caused by canine parvovirus
(CPV) in dogs from 2 months old to 6 months old with bloody diarrhea in the Veterinary Clinic
of Can Tho University by using the CPV – Ag rapid test kit. The result of diagnosis showed that
70 out of 159 dogs were positive with CPV antigen, accounting for 44.03%. The infection rate of
the dogs at age group from 2 to less than 3 months old was higher than that of the dogs at age
group from 3 to less than 4 months old (82.61% vs 50%). There was no statistically significant
difference of the infection rate between the male dogs and the female dogs. The infection rate of
the indigenous dog breed and the exotic dog breed was 43.06% and 44.83%, respectively. The
studied result also showed that the infection rate of the vaccinated dogs against CPV was much
lower than that of the unvaccinated dogs (2.9% vs 75.56%). The recovery dog rate from CPV
enteritis treatment in the Veterinary Clinic of Can Tho University was 84.29%