From the wife :
IV catheter
Monoclonal parvo antibody from Elanco
Cerenia for nausea
Cefazolin antibiotic
Famodine antacid
I don't offer food right away. The fluids are the most important to keep the puppy hydrated.
You can give subcutaneous fluids if a catheter cannot be placed and managed.
However, the monoclonal antibody is labeled for IV use.
So it is a tough go. We are locked in to giving them the vaccination? We don’t really have a choice now. Not all of us can be as knowledgeable as your wife.
At home treatment is basically keeping the dog hydrated and keeping blood sugar levels normal until the immune system is able to learn how to fight the virus. It's round the clock care and clean up as there's vomiting and bloody diarrhea involved. Vet care is hospitalization with an I/V, antibiotic injections and anti-vomiting injections with syringe feedings. There is a monoclonal antibody available which is a single injection that introduces antibodies that already know how to respond to the virus, so the patient's immune system can begin producing the same antibodies more quickly rather than having to wait it out until it naturally develops it.
My wife is treating a parvo puppy at our house right now. She's got at least a 95% success rate.
What does she do to treat it?
From the wife : IV catheter Monoclonal parvo antibody from Elanco Cerenia for nausea Cefazolin antibiotic Famodine antacid I don't offer food right away. The fluids are the most important to keep the puppy hydrated. You can give subcutaneous fluids if a catheter cannot be placed and managed. However, the monoclonal antibody is labeled for IV use.
So it is a tough go. We are locked in to giving them the vaccination? We don’t really have a choice now. Not all of us can be as knowledgeable as your wife.
You definitely want to give your dogs vaccinations. Our dogs are all vaxxed or we wouldn't be able to have the parvo foster near them.
At home treatment is basically keeping the dog hydrated and keeping blood sugar levels normal until the immune system is able to learn how to fight the virus. It's round the clock care and clean up as there's vomiting and bloody diarrhea involved. Vet care is hospitalization with an I/V, antibiotic injections and anti-vomiting injections with syringe feedings. There is a monoclonal antibody available which is a single injection that introduces antibodies that already know how to respond to the virus, so the patient's immune system can begin producing the same antibodies more quickly rather than having to wait it out until it naturally develops it.
That’s a horrid virus. They created the virus to make money off of our pets?