The current news is spreading fear among dog owners about the outbreak of Parvo Virus in Michigan with justification as the Parvo virus is always around in the environment. Currently, this outbreak seems to be located mostly in the lower upper Peninsula of Michigan, but with travel, it can quickly spread elsewhere. Parvo is quick and deadly. However, a simple vaccine can prevent this very contagious disease which leaves spores that can live in the environment and be active for up to a year. This disease can be transmitted from direct contact with an infected dog, or by indirect contact with contaminated objects or even a person. Food and water bowls, collars, and leashes, and the hands and the clothing of people who handle infected dogs can spread the disease. This virus is most likely to infect younger dogs (usually under a year), but any dog can become its’ victim. Puppies aged 6 weeks to 6 months are very much<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The current news is spreading fear among dog owners about the outbreak of Parvo Virus in Michigan with justification as the Parvo virus is always around in the environment. Currently,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,1],"tags":[59,6,249,60,250,517],"class_list":["post-202008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-news","tag-health","tag-lifestyle","tag-pets","tag-public-health","tag-vaccines","tag-veterinary"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}