Many dog parents know that canine distemper is a deadly disease of dogs with high mortality and high infection rate. Psychologically, I would rather believe that the dog is because the environment has changed or the dog just has a small cold. As everyone knows, whether we want to accept it or not, sometimes it is a fact that the dog has canine distemper. Dogs catch a cold often, but the doctor said it was canine distemper when I went to the hospital. As a result, I spent several hundreds of thousands of yuan and went home with a few packs of Banlangen to be cured. So how do you distinguish between dog cold and canine distemper?

cause

Cold: Changes in temperature, bacterial virus infection

Canine distemper: Canine distemper virus caused

Canine distemper is caused by canine distemper It is caused by a virus, while a cold is caused by a sudden cold. Secondly, from the analysis of the cure rate: Canine distemper is a disease with a low cure rate, with high mortality and strong infectivity. And colds are easy to cure.

Susceptible dogs

Colds: both puppies and adults occur, mostly during periods of temperature change

Canine distemper: more See and unvaccinated puppies

Symptoms

Colds: clear nose, sneezing, coughing, lacrimation in some sick dogs, flushing of the conjunctiva. Body temperature rises, depression, loss of appetite, and rectal temperature can exceed 40 °C.

Canine distemper: Depressed spirit, moist around the eye socket, a lot of purulent eye mucus, cough, snot like pus, rapid breathing, increased body temperature, bidirectional heat, thickened foot pads

Canine distemper has an incubation period, usually 3 to 7 days. The early symptoms of canine distemper are similar to a cold if it is a respiratory type, but the body temperature after the canine distemper is biphasic, that is At the beginning of the disease, the body temperature rose to about 40 °C, which lasted for 1 to 2 days and then returned to normal. After 2 to 3 days, the body temperature rose again; the sick dog coughed, sneeze, serous to purulent nasal juice, dry nose; eyelid swelling, purulent Conjunctivitis, corneal ulcers can often occur in the later stage; large red spots of rice grains, edema and purulent papules on the skin of the lower abdomen and inner thigh; frequent vomiting; diarrhea symptoms, and neurological symptoms such as convulsions in the later stage. Some symptoms of a cold are poor spirits and loss of appetite. The tip of the ear and the tip of the nose are cold, while the base of the ear and the inner side of the thigh are hot; the conjunctiva is flushed or slightly swollen, and tearful; Chills.

Four Symptoms of Canine Distemper

Respiratory: Coughing, sneezing, purulent nasal discharge, dry and cracked nose; swollen eyelids, purulent eyes Discharge, thickening and hardening of the foot pads, and elevated body temperature.

Skin type: large red spots of rice grains, edema, and purulent papules on the skin of the lower abdomen and inner thigh

Gastrointestinal type: vomiting, diarrhea, foul-smelling stool, sometimes mixed with blood and bubble.

Nerve type: mild twitching of the lips and eyelids, severe salivation, or spinning in circles, foaming at the mouth, trismus, convulsions on the ground, and epileptic seizures.

Notes:

In case of suspected canine distemper, first purchase canine distemper test paper. Based on symptoms and positive test strips