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Originally posted by georgewallace3
I am not giong to waste my time with you
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Oh darn, I should be only so lucky to spend time speaking to you
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Parvo virus is a very hardy virus and can survive up to 1 year in the environment and is very contagious. While the vaccine is recommended, It is not 100% effective (no vaccine is but it seems when dogs are vaccinated against distemper or rabies they usually will not come down with these viruses but I don't always feel this way with parvo as have had some puppies become infected despite current vaccine status-this usually only applies to puppies, I rarely have adults come down with parvo).
As far as avian flu goes-I leave that up to the CDC vets and public health veterinarians. I don't typically treat chickens (or other birds, though had to treat a rooster last night b/c he had been tazered by the cops in east Austin b/c he attacked them).