Vaccines being administered amid parvovirus outbreak [Video]

A team of animal care workers is operating out of the Glengarry Avenue apartment buildings in light of a deadly outbreak of canine parvovirus.

Members of the Hamilton/Burlington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and Windsor-Essex County Humane Society are operating a free mobile vaccination clinic out of an empty apartment unit.

Michelle Macnab, the director of Community Services for the Hamilton/Burlington SPCA said a mobile vet license allows her team to travel into other communities requiring assistance.

“So, we’re here to lend some hands,” Macnab told CTV News.

“It’s a very highly contagious virus for dogs, especially those that are unvaccinated, so that’s what we’re here for today.”

Michelle Macnab, the director of Community Services for the Hamilton/Burlington SPCA seen in Windsor, Ont. on Dec. 14, 2024. (Robert Lothian/CTV News Windsor)

According to the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society, canine parvovirus can spread through contact between …