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State officials confirmed earlier Wednesday that the illness impacting dogs in northern lower Michigan is canine parvovirus, a common disease found in the animals. The state Department of Agriculture ...

The Humane Society of Monroe County has temporarily closed its shelter in response to parvo infections found in four dogs.

Canine parvovirus has been identified as the illness that has killed dozens of dogs in the last month in the northern and central parts of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, state officials said Wednesday.

Make sure that your dog is not having symptoms typically seen in canine parvovirus illness such as a fever, hypothermia, lethargy, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, bloating, vomiting, and severe, ...