Retrospective evaluation of outpatient canine parvovirus treatment in a shelter-based low-cost urban clinic.
Kimberly PerleyCharlotte C BurnsCaroline MaguireVirginia ShenEmmaRose JoffeDarko StefanovskiLaurel ReddingLisa GermanisKenneth J DrobatzBrittany WatsonPublished in: Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001) (2020)
The survival rate of this clinic suggests that an outpatient program may be a potential alternative treatment to inpatient care. Longer duration of clinical signs prior to treatment and an increase in percent body weight during treatment appear to be associated with increased survival outcomes, while hypothermia on presentation appears to be associated with decreased survival outcomes.