Symptoms of canine distemper in dogs

Dogs infected with canine distemper are characterized by biphasic elevated body temperature, leukopenia, acute and chronic respiratory inflammation, severe gastroenteritis and encephalitis. Clinical studies have also found that symptoms vary depending on where the canine distemper virus attacks the central nervous system.

The virus damages the brain and manifests as epilepsy, circling, abnormal standing posture, unsteady gait, ataxia, paroxysmal twitching of masticatory muscles and limbs and other neurological symptoms. The prognosis of this kind of neurological canine distemper Mostly bad. The disease has a high mortality rate in puppies, with mortality rates reaching 80-90%. Symptoms such as pneumonia, enteritis, and intussusception may occur secondaryly.

Treatment methods for dogs suffering from canine distemper

According to the current level of pet medicine, there are currently no effective drugs and methods for treating canine distemper. When dogs become infected with canine distemper, symptomatic treatment is usually used. First, once an infected bagpiper is found, it must be isolated and treated as early as possible to prevent secondary infection, which is the key to improving the cure rate.

To treat dogs symptomatically, it is necessary to replenish sugar, replenish fluids, reduce fever, prevent secondary infections, strengthen feeding and management, etc., all of which will have a proactive effect on the treatment of canine distemper. In the early stage, you can try to inject anti-canine distemper hyperimmune serum or serum (or whole blood) of dogs recovered from the disease into the dog's muscles or subcutaneously. Of course, the dosage of serum should be determined according to the condition and the size of the dog's body. Usually 5-10 ml is used. At the same time, the anti-toxic spirit freeze-dried powder injection should be used together with the treatment of hyperimmune serum. This will also help improve the effectiveness of the treatment. Of course, the way to use it is to dissolve the antitoxic spirit with 20 ml of normal saline or water for injection before treatment. For medium-sized dogs, 2 to 4 bottles should be infused intravenously. For dogs that are younger than 1 month old, the dosage can be reduced.

Kudu Ling can also be injected intramuscularly, and antibiotics (such as penicillin, streptomycin, etc.) should be used in the early stage of the disease, along with symptomatic treatment, which is of great significance in preventing secondary bacterial infection and recovering sick dogs.