Vol. 11, Special Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Prenal Badwaik, CG Panchbhai, VM Dhoot, GR Bhojne, SV Upadhye and SM Kolangath

Abstract:
The present study was conducted at Veterinary Clinical Complex, Nagpur Veterinary College, Nagpur from October 2020 to September 2021. Out of 8,970 dogs, 173 dogs were diagnosed with Rapid CPV Ag Test Kit for canine parvovirus infection indicating a total of 1.93 percent affection Age, sex, breed and month wise prevalence of canine parvovirus infection was recorded. Dogs between 0-3 months of age showed the highest prevalence 42.20% followed by 4-6 months of age 30.63%, 7-9 months of age 12.72%, and 10-12 months of age 9.83% Whereas, the lowest prevalence of canine parvovirus was reported in the dogs above 12 months of age (4.62%). The sex wise prevalence revealed higher prevalence in male (58.38%) as compared to female (41.62%). The breed wise prevalence showed higher prevalence in non-descript dogs (35.26%) followed by Labradors (24.85%). Month wise prevalence of CPV infection was found highest (23.12%) in July and lowest (2.89%) in May and October.