
Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh is a doctor of veterinary medicine and certified critical care specialist at DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital, a nonprofit 24-hour emergency and intensive care animal hospital in Portland, Oregon.
Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a serious viral disease that presents a special management challenge for veterinary professionals. Infected animals require intense nursing care and close observation, they must be strictly isolated from other animals, and the virus is highly communicable and long-lived. And CPV has experienced a recent increase along the eastern seaboard.