Parvo ALERT launches

Dr Mark Kelman co-founder and CEO of social enterprise charity, Paws for A Purpose, and a passionate advocate for animal health and welfare has launched ParvoALERT.com, the new canine parvovirus-tracking, mapping and alerting system for Australia. 

Parvo ALERT is a system capable of tracking cases of canine and feline parvovirus and of generating alerts on disease outbreaks. The system also monitors disease activity to identify where vaccination programs are needed, and whether measures being taken are helping to control outbreaks and cases.

“The website is completely free for vets to use and for the community to be informed about outbreaks as they occur”, says Dr Kelman. “It’s exciting that vet clinics across Australia can work together through Parvo ALERT to help eliminate this terrible disease from our communities".

Dr Kelman and his team urge all veterinary clinics, and especially those that see Parvo cases (canine or feline) to register now at ParvoALERT.com/signup.

Read more about this important initiative in the upcoming edition of the AVA Digest (out 18 December).