Anchorage Animal Care and Control stopped accepting or adopting out dogs this week after several animals tested positive for the highly contagious canine parvovirus.
Anchorage Animal Care and Control stopped accepting or adopting out dogs this week after several animals tested positive for the highly contagiousMunicipal officials expect the shelter to reopen for adoptions within the next few days, but it will be at least two weeks before they can accept any dogs. In the meantime, the shelter is asking people to utilize social media or other websites to help reunite strays with their owners or rehome a dog.
Two puppies brought to the shelter as strays began showing parvo symptoms after they’d been admitted and both tested positive for the virus on Tuesday, according to shelter spokesman Joel Jorgensen. Symptoms of the virus include vomiting, diarrhea and severe lethargy. A third dog, also less than a year old, tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, he said. Young dogs are more susceptible to parvovirus because they may not have completed their vaccination cycles and have weaker immune systems.
The shelter automatically vaccinates dogs against parvovirus when they are surrendered, but Jorgensen said that the vaccine will not treat a dog who is already infected.
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