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Worcestershire owners urged to be on their guard

11:10am Tuesday 15th October 2013 in Ledbury By Gema Bate

A KILLER disease is spreadingamong dogs in Worcestershire.

Owners are being urged notto neglect their pets healthafter four out of 77 strayshave been found to haveparvo, or canine parvovirus,a highly-contagious diseaseamong dogs which can lead toa painful and horrific death.

Symptoms include bloodydiarrhoea, sickness, lethargyand dogs being put off theirfood.

Worcestershire RegulatoryServices dog warden, PipSingleton, said: The factthat four cases have beenidentified means that parvomust be prevalent in the area.

All we can presume is thatbecause of the current economicclimate, dog ownersare not getting their petsproperly vaccinated.

Parvo is a vile, disgustingdisease which, although notcontagious between humans,is highly so among the caninepopulation.

Not vaccinating your petsis not a good money-savingoption, as they will becomevery ill which will mean highvet bills, although parvo, inmost cases, leads to death.

The dogs found to have thedisease were picked up inWorcester, Redditch, Eveshamand Hartlebury andwere aged two weeks, fivemonths, 15 months and two-years-old.

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