Nutritional support and nursing care in patients with canine parvovirus

Canine parvovirus is a highly infectious virus, that we see often in veterinary practice! Despite, intensive nursing care and aggressive medical treatment, many cases still do not manage to receive a positive outcome. How do we manage these cases in hospital, and what steps can we take to improve these patient outcomes? This webinar will focus on understanding how parvo effects the patient; what sets it apart from other gastrointestinal diseases, the importance of nutritional support for gut health, and the connection between poor gut health, GI haemorrhage, and the potential for sepsis. We will also cover feeding tubes, and the provision of nutrition (including microenteral nutrition), including gastric siphoning. Lastly, we will consider the challenges with nursing and monitoring a canine parvovirus patient in isolation.

Ashley Wemple

RVN CertVNECC

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Ashley grew up in a small town in rural North Carolina. From there she moved to a slightly bigger part of the state to go to university at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC where I  studied animal science and obtained a bachelors degree in that field in 2003. While studying, I started working nights at an ECC veterinary hospital and I developed a passion for ECC nursing and teaching. I moved to the UK in 2008 to take a job as an ECC nurse at Vets Now Gateshead and have been there ever since (currently as Principal Nurse Manager).  I earned my CertVNECC in 2010 and continue to tutor for that program, as well as other teaching and mentoring for IVC, Vets Now and the veterinary thought exchange.