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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) - A North Dakota company plans to market a treatment for a highly contagious viral disease that can be life-threatening for dogs.
Grand Forks-based Avianax (ay-vee-AWN'-ihks) is testing its cure for the canine parvovirus in seven states around the country. Results have shown a 90 percent rate among nearly 50 puppies that have been treated.
Some puppies die from the virus and others are euthanized because the medicine needed to treat it can be too expensive and take too long.
Avianax officials hope to start selling the parvoONE antibody-based treatment for $75 a dose by next spring.
The antibody was discovered about 10 years ago when researchers from the University of North Dakota partnered with a South Dakota farm to find a treatment for West Nile virus in geese.
http://chadrad.com/newsstory.cfm?story=33735
This would be wonderful!
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)Many years ago I nursed a pup through parvo. I had just had her a few days when I noticed she wasn't acting right one morning. I took her to the vet, they diagnosed parvo, gave her an IV, some antibiotic pills and a package of hydrolite powder to mix with water and told me good luck. I was up with her every few hours, day and night, forcing the liquid into her and giving her the antibiotics. After 3 or 4 days I ran out of meds. She was acting a little better, but she was still not well. I called the vet to see if she should have more medicine and they were quite surprised that she was still alive. Got more meds, she survived and was my good girl for 14 years after that.
frogmarch
(12,145 posts)your puppy survived! It's a good thing she had you to take care of her!
I hope the new med will help make sure other dogs make it through.
Wow, 14 years. Wonderful!