Detection of Canine Parvovirus by Lateral Flow Assay in Organized Veterinary Hospital

Parvoviral gastroenteritis affects young pups with severe bloody diarrohea, vomition leading to dehydration. If left untreated, it will lead to death of puppy. So field level test is necessary for diagnosis. To diagnose at field level, cheap and easy method of identification is Lateral flow assay. Samples including faecal (48), blood (13), tissue (4) were collected from 65 dogs of different age groups suspected for having parvoviral gastroenteritis presented to Veterinary college hospital, Bengaluru. Of the 65 samples, 20 (31%) were found positive by lateral flow assay, of which nine were from vaccinated dogs and eleven were from unvaccinated dogs. Lateral flow assay can be used as field test even by the pet owners and it is simple test.