Dog Pound Under Quarantine for Parvovirus

Three dogs came down with Parvovirus and were euthanized.

The Wolcott Dog Pound is under quarantine after three dogs tested positive for the Parvovirus.

Wolcott police said a 1-year old Lab mix developed Parvovirus symptoms, test results came back positive for the disease on March 2 and the dog had to be euthanized.

The dog pound and all the equipment was sanitized with using Nutra-Quat, a cleaning agent recommended to eliminate Parvovirus in kennels, but the virus can incubate in dogs up to 7 to 10 days and two more dogs tested positive for the virus on March 8 and had to be euthanized.

The Wolcott Dog Pound will be under quarantine until March 22 as long as there are no additional outbreaks of Parvo.
 

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