A Watford animal charity is back up and running after a Parvovirus case forced it to close its Watford centre.
On Friday last week (March 22), the National Animal Welfare Trust Hertfordshire(NAWT) appealed for any towels, duvets, blankets, or sheets that members of the public could donate.
It said that it had been forced to shut and throw out all of its in-use bedding “due to an isolated incident of a contagious disease”.
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It has since confirmed that a dog had been found to have parvovirus but is currently at a vet and “doing well”.
There have not been any further infections at the centre, in Tylers Way off the A41, and the charity was able to reopen as normal at 11am on Saturday morning.
Donations have come in from the public and the centre is now back to running as normal.
The Watford centre was NAWT's first rescue and re-homing centre. It spans four and a half acres and looks after more than 400 animals a year, including dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and other small animals.
Parvovirus is one of the main diseases dogs are commonly vaccinated against. According to the RSPCA, the most common symptoms are severe vomiting and diarrhoea, which can be “extremely bloody”.
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