1. Dyspepsia
It is improper feeding management, so that the dog hungry and full uneven, overeating. Poor food quality, too cold food in winter, too long storage time in summer and rancid deterioration of food, dishware used is not clean, long-term use is not disinfected and so on.
Performance characteristics
It is a mixture of water and feces, then water sample, sometimes mixed with tissue fragments and blood. The dog has mild abdominal pain, body bending, lying in the cold dark, abdominal tension, mild yellow and white tongue coating, rapid dehydration of the body, yellow urine color, the course of disease is generally about 2 to 5 days.
therapeutic method
First stop feeding for a day, 24 hours after giving soup, porridge and other easy to digest liquid food. The prevention of this disease is mainly to take correct feeding and management methods. It can be fed regularly and quantitatively. The pups under one year old can be fed four to five times a day, and adult dogs can be fed two to three times a day. The food should be processed and cooked, and the varieties should be diversified. The coarse and fine grains should be mixed, such as rice, noodles, corn, sweet potato, celery, carrot, cabbage, cooked meat, bone soup, etc., so as to ensure the balanced intake of various nutrients and meet the needs of growth and development. Processed cooked meat products such as ham sausage should not be fed frequently. Fruit can be given appropriately, especially for the young. Food should be kept fresh to prevent freezing and mildew. Utensils should be cleaned and disinfected after each use, and should not be mixed with other dogs.
2. Intestinal constipation
The main causes of this disease are: first, the feed mixed with bone, hair and so on. Second, the change of the environment disrupted the dog's original defecation habits. Three is suffering from anal abscess, anal fistula, rectal tumor and so on, the fourth is intussusception, intestinal hernia, pelvic fracture, prostatic hypertrophy and so on.
The dog often tried to defecate, but could not excrete, often because of pain and barking, intestinal sound weakened or stopped, continuous vomiting, anal finger pressure allergy, in the rectum can touch dry, hard feces.
therapeutic method
To primary constipation, it is to dredge intestines and promote defecation. For secondary constipation, the main treatment is to treat the primary glass stool unobstructed, let the dog appropriate movement, and reasonable allocation of feed, to give the dog enough water.
3. Dog cold
Dog cold is a systemic disease characterized by mucositis of upper respiratory tract. Most of the diseases are weak dogs and young dogs. Dog cold is often caused by improper feeding and management and sudden change of weather. Sick dogs are usually suddenly depressed and afraid of cold.
Spring or autumn weather changes, more often seen in the cold season after taking a cold bath. After catching cold, the dog's resistance was reduced, and the defense function of upper respiratory tract mucosa was weakened.
Performance characteristics
The symptoms of the sick dogs were mental depression, sharp decrease in food intake or even abandonment, increased body temperature, chills, conjunctival flush, tears in both eyes, and cough. At the beginning of the disease, the nasal fluid flowing out of the nostrils is serous, then it becomes mucinous or yellow mucus, and then it becomes concentrated secretion. Often accompanied by itchy nasal mucosa, dogs often scratch the nose with their forepaws, which is easy to cause scratch. The skin temperature was uneven, the tip of the ear and the end of limbs were cool, and the number of breathing increased.
Control methods
(1) Prevention, cold season pay attention to keep warm, strengthen nursing.
(2) The treatment principle of dog cold is antipyretic and analgesic, dispelling wind and dispersing cold.
(3) Keep the sick dog quiet, give more water; pay attention to heat preservation in winter to prevent repeated cold, so as not to aggravate the disease.
4. Food poisoning
Dogs eat spoilage, rancid food, stinky meat, stinky fish and yogurt, and so on, prone to food poisoning.
Performance characteristics
Staphylococcal toxin poisoning can cause severe vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and acute gastroenteritis. The sick dog was depressed, heart failure, normal temperature and slightly lower. When foot poison is serious, it can cause convulsion, restlessness, dyspnea and severe convulsion. The diagnosis can be made according to the antecedent factors of feeding spoilage food and clinical symptoms.
At the beginning of the disease, apomorphine can be injected intravenously at the dosage of 0.04 mg / kg body weight. If necessary, gastric lavage, rehydration and appropriate symptomatic treatment should be carried out. At the same time, starvation therapy was given to the poisoned dogs and feeding was stopped. It can be used as early as possible for the poisoning caused by Clostridium botulinum toxin.
5. Canine ascariasis
The disease is caused by Ascaris canis and Ascaris lioniae parasitizing in the small intestine and stomach of dogs. It is widely distributed in China. It mainly damages puppies aged 1-3 months, affects their growth and development, and can cause death when seriously infected.
Performance characteristics
Gradually thin, pale mucosa. Anorexia, vomiting, heterophilia, dyspepsia, dysentery and constipation. Epileptic spasm was occasionally seen. The abdomen of puppies was enlarged and stunted. When the infection is serious, Ascaris lumbricoides are often excreted from the vomit and feces.
therapeutic method
Regular inspection and deworming: puppies should be checked once a month, and adult dogs should be checked once a season. If sick dogs are found, deworming should be carried out immediately.
Do a good job in cleaning and sanitation: the environment, trough, food hygiene to do a good job, timely removal of feces, and fermentation treatment.
6. Dermatomycosis
Dermatomycosis, or superficial mycosis, is a fungal disease in which fungi infect the epidermis and its appendages (hairs, horns, claws).
Performance characteristics
The occurrence of disease and the degree of its harm often depend on the quality of the individual. The symptoms of puppies and dogs with poor constitution are obvious and serious. It is mainly manifested in the head, neck and limbs of the skin round hair broken bald spots, covered with gray scales, when serious, many ringworm spots connected into a piece. The course of disease is longer.
therapeutic method
(1) Do a good job in cleaning dog skin, often check whether there are ringworm spots and scales on the coat.
(2) Strengthen the management of dogs and avoid contact with sick dogs.
(3) The sick dogs should be isolated and treated in time.
(4) At the same time of treatment, special attention should be paid to the disinfection of kennel appliances and posts.
7. Rabies
Sick dogs mainly manic restlessness and consciousness disorder, attack people and animals, and finally paralysis and death, so it is also known as mad dog disease.
Performance characteristics
Generally, spring and summer are more common. At the beginning of the disease, the main manifestations of depression, abnormal behavior, such as not listening to the call, like hiding in the dark, heterophilia, eating gravel, wood, soil and other things, sick dogs often lick and bite the wound. Before long, he was furious and restless, attacking people and animals, and running aimlessly. The appearance of the dog gradually emaciated, drooping mandible, tail drooping and sandwiched between the two hind legs. Hoarseness, increased salivation, dysphagia. In the later stage, the sick dog developed paralysis and difficulty in walking. Finally, due to systemic failure, a preliminary diagnosis can be made.
therapeutic method
(1) Regular vaccination.
(2) Quarantine should be strengthened.
(3) If the disease is diagnosed, it can be slaughtered.
8. Canine distemper
Canine distemper mainly damages puppies. Canine distemper is a highly infectious virus, which is infected by direct or indirect contact with the eyes and nasal secretions of dogs. Healthy dogs do not need direct contact with infected dogs. They usually occur from November to April of the next year in the cold season, and most of them occur in areas where dogs are relatively concentrated, which mainly harms puppies. However, since suckling dogs obtain antibodies from breast milk, there are few infections. Generally, puppies aged from 3 months to 1 year old are most susceptible to infection.
Features: the early symptoms of canine distemper are similar to those of severe cold. The body temperature showed biphasic heat type (i.e. the body temperature rose as high as 40 ℃ at the beginning of the disease, decreased to normal after 1-2 days, and then increased again after 2-3 days); when the second temperature rose (a few cases died at this time), respiratory symptoms appeared, such as cough, sneezing, serous to purulent nasal juice, dry nose mirror; eyelid swelling, purulent conjunctivitis, and corneal ulcer often occurred in the later stage On the skin of the lower abdomen and the medial thigh, there are big red spots of rice grains, edema and suppurative papules; frequent vomiting; initial constipation, dysentery, fecal stench, sometimes mixed with blood and bubbles.
therapeutic method
(1) The first immunization time was 6 weeks old, the second immunization at 8 weeks old and the third immunization at 10 weeks old. After that, the mice were immunized once a year with a dose of 2 ml each time.
(2) Strengthen veterinary health and epidemic prevention measures, in the epidemic season, try to reduce dogs to outdoor activities.
(3) Timely isolation treatment, timely detection of sick dogs, early isolation treatment and prevention of secondary infection are the key to improve the cure rate and reduce the mortality rate.
(4) To strengthen disinfection, all kinds of disinfectants should be used in dog houses and sports grounds.
