An effective vaccine against canine parvovirus has been available for decades, but its effectiveness in puppies is far less than in adults. Animal shelters, however, can still find ways to protect the puppies in their care.

In this short video, Dr. Ronald D. Schultz, Chair of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, head of the Maddie’s^® Laboratory for Diagnosis and Prevention of Shelter Diseases, and one of the country’s leading veterinary vaccine researchers explains why that’s so, and how shelters can vaccinate puppies so as to give them the greatest chance of surviving this common and deadly virus.

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