Ramsbottom has issued a stark warning to others. Nine-month-old Bailey fell gravely ill just days after visiting Nuttall Park with his owner Roisin Reid.
Alarm bells started to ring on Christmas Day when the Shih Tzu-cross stopped eating and started to vomit. As his condition deteriorated, Roisin decided to rush to pup to an emergency vet.
Bailey was given an anti-sickness injection but he continued to grow weaker. It wasn’t until he visited vets for a second time that his owned learned he had contracted parvovirus.
The highly infectious disease attacks cells in dog's intestines and stops them from being able to absorb vital nutrients. Bailey spent days isolating at a veterinary hospital and his devastated owners were unsure whether he.
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