Usefulness of Haemagglutination Test for Screening of Canine Parvovirus Infection in Dogs

Canine parvoviral disease is one of the fatal diseases, affecting mostly young pups less than six months of age. The virus can survive in the environment for longer periods and also has ability of swift transmission to susceptible animals. Haemagglutination test is a conventional method followed for diagnosis of canine parvoviral disease which exploits the fact that canine parvovirus can haemagglutinate pig erythrocytes at 4°C. Therefore, we tried to assess the usefulness of haemagglutination test by screening about 30 faecal swabs collected from dogs suspected for canine parvoviral enteritis under a field/clinical setup.