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4-week-old mongrel puppy with severe necrotizing myocarditis associated with canine parvovirus type 2…
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Case_report
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May indicate hypoxic rather than direct viral cause of brain lesions in CPV-2 myocarditis; hypothesis-generating pending larger studies.
This case report suggests that diffuse leukoencephalomalacia in a puppy with CPV-2 myocarditis is likely secondary to prolonged hypoxia/ischemia rather than direct viral infection of the brain.
Agungpriyono et al. (1999) studied this question.
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