Saving sick pups: Humane Society for Hamilton County & Elanco partner for first National Parvo Awareness Day

Each year, more than 330,000 puppies are diagnosed with canine parvovirus (parvo) and as many as 91 percent of those pups will die if left untreated.

Parvo is highly contagious and spreads through contact – at the dog park, at kennels, through food and water bowls, in homes with multiple pets and through the hands and clothing of people who care for infected dogs. The main culprit is infected dog feces.

Yet Elanco research estimates that only 44 percent of dog owners truly know what parvo is.

As parvo season – spring and summer – begins, Elanco has declared Tuesday, April 23 as the first-ever National Parvo Awareness Day and is launching its Parvo is Poop educational campaign to spread awareness about this devastating disease and how together, everyone can Test, Treat, and Defeat Parvo.

Elanco and the Humane Society of Hamilton County have come together for the first-ever National Parvo Awareness Day to spread awareness about parvo and advance Elanco’s mission to save one million puppies from this deadly disease by 2030.