Bichon Frize dogs sometimes also get infectious hepatitis, especially puppies under 1 year old. If they get infected, the mortality rate will be higher.

The virus-carrying dogs are the source of infectious hepatitis virus. The virus has strong resistance and can survive for a long time under low temperature conditions. It can still be pathogenic in the soil for 10 to 14 days and can also survive in the kennel. longer time.

Clinical symptoms of infectious hepatitis in Bichon Frize:

Although infectious hepatitis can occur in dogs in any season, it occurs more frequently in winter. At the same time, Bichon Frize puppies under 1 year old are infected. rate is higher.
1. The clinical characteristics of infectious hepatitis and its early symptoms are very similar to those of canine distemper. The disease causes depression, loss of appetite, significantly increased thirst, and even immersing the two forelimbs in water and drinking heavily, which are the characteristic symptoms of this disease.

2. Subsequently, the body temperature of the bear dog increased by more than 40 degrees Celsius, which lasted for 4-6 days. Vomiting and diarrhea are common. If vomitus and stool contain blood, the prognosis is poor. Most sick dogs have pain in the xiphoid cartilage. In some dogs, the corneal opacity disappears 7 to 10 days after the acute symptoms disappear, and the corneal opacity disappears a few days later. There are bleeding spots on the gums.

3. Although this disease is called hepatitis, jaundice rarely occurs. If there is no secondary infection, it usually returns to normal within a few days.

Treatment and preventive measures for Bichon Frize Infectious Hepatitis:

1. Isolate the sick dog as soon as possible and treat it with hyperimmune serum or adult dog serum, once a day, 10-10 minutes each time 30ml. In addition, 20-40 ml of 50% glucose solution, 250 mg of vitamin C or 15-20 mg of adenosine triphosphate should be injected intravenously every day for 3-5 days. Take Gan Tai Le tablets orally. To control drinking water, you can feed your Bichon Frize 5% glucose saline once every 2-3 hours.

2. Preventive injections. Canine five-combination attenuated vaccine (rabies, canine distemper, parainfluenza, infectious hepatitis, parvovirus enteritis) and two-combination vaccine for canine hepatitis and enteritis.

Dogs between 30 and 90 days old are vaccinated three times, and dogs over 90 days old are vaccinated twice, with an interval of 2-4 weeks. Each injection dose: 5 pills of combined vaccine 2 ml, 2 pills of combined vaccine 1 ml can obtain a 1-year immunity period.

3. The kennel must be well sanitized, breed and raise by itself, and mixed breeding with other dogs is strictly prohibited.