Clinical factors, service type, and clinical outcomes associated with canine parvovirus in dogs presented at the KNUST Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana
Jemima Dzigbordi Agbota, Raphael Deladem Folitse, Emmanuel Darko Opoku, Dorcas Oyueley Kodie, William Tasiame, Benjamin Obukowho Emikpe · 2026
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Jemima Dzigbordi Agbota and colleagues studied a deadly dog virus at a Ghana teaching hospital in a 2026 paper. Canine parvovirus strikes the gut and can kill young dogs fast. The hospital sits in Kumasi, Ghana's second city. The team reviewed dogs brought in with gut signs and tested each with a rapid kit. One hundred twenty-nine dogs tested positive. Their signs, care type, and outcomes were weighed against dogs that tested negative.
About one in four positive dogs died, far above the rate in negative dogs. Bloody loose stools, vomiting, full loss of appetite, and low body weight each flagged the virus. Positive dogs far more often needed to stay in the hospital for care. The authors say the classic gut signs can guide vets where tests are scarce. They stress the heavy cost of the disease, in money and grief, for owners.
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| CREATOR | Jemima Dzigbordi Agbota, Raphael Deladem Folitse, Emmanuel Darko Opoku, Dorcas Oyueley Kodie, William Tasiame, Benjamin Obukowho Emikpe |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44003 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |