canine parvovirus
nounMedical Definition of canine parvovirus
: parvovirus sense 2
A pup from their litter died on Aug. 24, and a necropsy found that it died of canine parvovirus, a contagious disease that is often fatal to domestic and wild canines. — The Albuquerque Tribune, 2 Sept. 1999
also
: the virus causing this disease
Although the protein coat (capsid) of canine parvovirus includes a core structural motif that has frequently been observed in RNA viruses, the arrangement of the motif differs considerably from anything known previously. — David J. Filman and James M. Hogle, Nature, 9 May 1991