June 15, 1979Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Sudden Death in Young Dogs with Myocarditis Caused by Parvovirus

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Pups in the 4- to 6-week age range with sudden death due to severe, primary, nonsuppurative myocarditis in…

Design

Preclinical

Authors

MHM A HayesUniversity of Guelph RRRobert G. RussellGolder Associates (Canada)LBLorne A. BabiukUniversity of Saskatchewan

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Implication

Supports parvovirus as myocarditis cause in pups; leaves open clinical validation and control strategies.

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Population

Pups in the 4- to 6-week age range with sudden death due to severe, primary, nonsuppurative myocarditis in western Canada, and 3 pups inoculated with affected myocardium homogenate.

Intervention

Inoculation with homogenate from affected myocardium

Outcome

Macroscopic and microscopic lesions, and presence of parvovirus particles

Canine parvovirus is identified as a cause of severe nonsuppurative myocarditis leading to sudden death in young pups.

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Hayes et al. (1979) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7e039f3fa445558d7d8f34 https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.1979.174.11.1197

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Myocarditis

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