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I was wondering what does this really say other than parvo and missing 5 teeth thanks:

Gross Description: this 1 year old female german shepherd is in good nutritional condition. the perineum and tail are stained with feces. the maxillary arcade has 19 teeth and the mandibular arcade has 18 teeth. the abdomen contains 300 ml of clear red fluid. the distal duodenum and entire jejunum have diffuse transmural hemorrhage  and the mucosa appears denuded. the serosa has a ground glass appearance. the affected intestine contains hemorrhage. the ileum, cecum and colon have prominent lymphoid follicles and  contain and red-brown content. the stomach is normal and contains orange-brown fluid. no parasites are seen in the intestine.

the lungs, liver, and kidnelys are diffusely congested. hemorrhage is in the cranial mediastinum and petechiae line the plerra along the ribs. mesenteric lymph nodes are hemorrhagic.

GROSS DIAGNOSIS:
Hemorrhagic enteritis
mediastinal and pleural hemorrhage
mesenteric lymph node hemorrhage

HISTOLOGIC DESCRIPTION:
1-ileum, jejunum: extensive necrosis and loss of glands in the mucosa and collapse of the villi. lymphoid follicles are depleted of lymphocytes in the ileum. there is transmural hemorrhage in the jejunum. rare intranuclear inclusions are seen in necrotic glandular epithelial cells
1-esophagus: normal
2-spleen: diffuse congestion and active germinal centers in lymphoid follicles
2-liver: centrilobular congestion
2-heart: mild, multifocal interstitial hemorrhage
3-lung: diffuse congestion and multifocal intra-alveolar hemorrhage
3-lymph node: normal
4-large intstine, stomach, heart: normal
5-mesenteric lymph node: diffuse, severe hemorrhage
5-heart: normal
5-kidney: diffuse congestion
6-duodenum: necrosis of glands without loss or destruction of the glands. necrotic epithelial cells are in the lumen
6-pancreas: normal
6-pylorus: a focal area of mucosal hemorrhage

FINAL DIANGNOSIS:
Necrotizing enteritis, etiology parvovirus

COMMENTS:
the lesions in the small intestine are diagnostic of parvovirus infection. this dog is older than the typical case of parvovirus infection

Dont know what exactly you want to know. Plain simple, in this necropsy report the damage of an infection with parvo is described. Extensive inflammation of the small intestine with bleeding theerof, surrounding lymphnode involvement with bleeding, dying off of the small intestine. Organ failure caused by sepsis or inflammatory cascade.

Would be interesting to know if the dog was vaccinated, or what strain of the virus was found.

Sorry for your loss.

Don't say what strain of virus but she was 13 mths old when she died. she had vaccines given to her by her breeder, 1st one at 6 wks distemper 3 wks later parvo 2 wks later parvo and that was it.

WELL THAT IS UNDER VACINATED. WHY WAS  THE PUP NOT TAKEN TO THE VET WHEN YOU GOT IT ?

she wasn't a pup she was over one year old, all that happen within 9 days she went to vet day before she came to me to see if she had mange and she didn't I talked to that vet over the phone.

My dogs Doc was in vet school when parvo first hit the scenes.  It gives him concern as it can and does mutate.   As with kennel cough vaccinations not covering all types of the illness, the same is now probably true with parvo vacinnations.  Human flu vaccinations change year to year as they hope to target the main strains.  Does the animal industry do the same?  Probably not.....

Sorry for your loss.

one year olds are still pups.and parvo does not happen over night, there is a good chance she came to you already exsposed to the virus.heck she could have picked it up at the vets office before you even brought the pup home.sorry you had to lose your dog .and judging by the time line i would say the pup was exsposed to parvo befor you got her!

i see you are looking for a knew dog already.please wait as parvo stays in your environment for months .you do not want this to happen again.even a year old fully vaccinated pup could get parvo if it comes in contact with it.the risk is slight but still a risk.

Seems to me too that she has been exposed before, and then the stress of a new environment/owner took her in. But this is hard to judge from here. Just checked my vacc records and my pup received 5 vaccinations against parvo, 4 of them were combos with distember, at 6-8-12-16 and 20 weeks old. Not sure if thats the standard all over.

Sorry for your loss! But I believe that some dogs do not even build antibodies to certain vaccines, while others have enough after just one inoculation. The only way to find out is by doing a titer for antibodies.

Plus, the parvo virus is known to mutate every few years, unfortunately.

It is a very scary disease, one I never ever hope to see again. In 1994, I lost a whole litter of 9 week old puppies (except for one female) to parvo and they were vaccinated twice already. It did not mean a thing. But the interesting thing was that another litter I had on the ground was more than 2 weeks younger and exposed to the same virus and never showed symptoms other than loosing their appetite for one day. Ever since then, I stopped over-vaccinating my litters. They recieve their first shot at 8 weeks, one at 12 weeks and the last one at 16 weeks.

My condolences to you! Chris