1Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Tamil Nadu, India
2Cattle and Buffalo Breeding unit, Post Graduate Research and Institute in Animal Sciences, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Tamil Nadu, India
3Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Tamil Nadu, India
4Department of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Tamil Nadu, India
5Department of Animal Biotechnology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS), Tamil Nadu, India
A prospective study was conducted to identify the risk factors associated with the incidence of Canine Parvoviral Enteritis (CPE) in dogs. Total of 120 animals screened using PCR assay, 72.50 percentage of animal were found positive for Canine Parvo Virus (CPV). Incidence in history of unvaccinated and vaccinated dogs was 79.69 and 64.29 per cent respectively. Age-wise predisposition of CPE indicated that the highest incidence was observed in both less than 3 months (78.08%) and 3 to 6 months of age group (77.42%) followed by 6 to 12 months of age group (34.50%). Incidence of CPE in scheduled and unscheduled vaccination was 30.00 and 83.33 per cent respectively. In this study, unvaccinated status, unscheduled vaccination and young age groups are found to be significant risk factors associated with the occurrence of CPE.
Incidence, CPE, unvaccinated dogs, unscheduled vaccination
