In winter, the temperature difference of air conditioners, indoor and outdoor, is particularly likely to cause many canine infectious diseases, among which kennel cough also enters a high incidence period at this time. Kennel cough, also known as canine infectious tracheobronchitis, is a canine infectious respiratory disease caused by a variety of pathogens, which can affect dogs of any age. As long as one occurs, other dogs that come into contact with it will also develop this symptom immediately.

The official veterinary clinical name for kennel cough is canine infectious tracheobronchitis. Because of its rapid infection and contagious infection, all healthy dogs (including all dogs that have not been immunized) who have been in contact with sick dogs are rarely spared, and often all dogs in a family or all litter puppies become ill. It's called kennel cough. The course of the disease is more than a week, and in a few cases it can be as long as several months. Most dogs can gradually recover with the improvement of the body's resistance, and a small number of dogs will develop bronchopneumonia due to untimely treatment.

Symptoms vary in severity due to different pathogenic microorganisms associated with or secondary infection. Symptoms are characterized by a violent persistent spasmodic empty cough. Kennel cough has a long course and is not easy to cure, so some people call it dog intractable cough.

The main cause of kennel cough is Bordetella canis bronchiseptica. The main symptom of kennel cough is a characteristic long-lasting cavity-like cough similar to whooping cough in children, followed by a clicking painful bowing motion and a long clicking sound at the end of the cough. There are no complications. Dogs with canine parainfluenza virus and adenovirus type 2 infection may also appear in puppies and juvenile dogs who are infected with canine parainfluenza virus and adenovirus type 2. Symptoms such as sneezing, runny nose, diarrhea and vomiting, poor general condition, suspicious or poor prognosis.

In the early stage of the disease, the dog's symptoms are dry cough, and occasionally vomiting or gagging after coughing , but the spirit, appetite, etc. are normal, generally no fever, and no symptoms such as nasal discharge. In a few days, the symptoms are painful cough, increased body temperature, loss of appetite, and purulent nasal discharge. The treatment of kennel cough requires specimens To treat both, it is necessary to control symptoms such as cough on the one hand, and to kill pathogens on the other hand. It should be noted that since kennel cough is often caused by a variety of opportunistic pathogenic bacteria to induce throat inflammation, it is difficult for ordinary drugs to reach this part, and most of the Antibiotics do not have an immediate therapeutic effect. Some dog owners use large doses of antibiotics for this reason. However, this practice is unscientific. Long-term high-dose antibiotics will destroy the immune barrier of the dog's body and create opportunities for virus invasion.

In the early stage, if you find this situation, you can feed the dog some antiviral oral liquid, such as Shuanghuanglian oral liquid plus Snake Danchuanbei liquid, etc., and then inject Dexamethasone. In addition, pay attention to protecting dogs from cold. In addition, don't forget to disinfect the home regularly and give dogs a clean environment! Diagnosis and treatment of dog cough Cough is a symptom caused by many diseases, not independent The name of the disease is a protective reflex action that can expel foreign bodies or secretions from the respiratory tract.

However, excessive coughing is a pathological state, which often affects food intake, rest, causes weight loss, and further Emphysema and other diseases. There are many diseases with cough symptoms, infectious diseases with cough symptoms such as canine distemper, canine infectious tracheobronchitis, canine parainfluenza, canine herpes virus disease, canine tuberculosis, etc.; parasitic diseases Such as filariasis; common diseases such as pulmonary edema, lobar pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, bronchitis, bronchitis, tracheal paralysis, laryngitis and colds can cause cough.

Cough caused by canine distemper, as well as biphasic fever type, increased eye discharge, yellow urine, pustular rash on the inside of the abdomen and thigh, accompanied by rhinitis, acute catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membranes of the digestive tract and respiratory tract, In the early stage, there is a dry cough, and later it develops into a wet cough, and later, there are neurological symptoms, etc.;

Canine infectious tracheobronchitis is also known as kennel cough. Vomiting, cough is often aggravated by exercise or temperature changes, artificial cough is positive, when secretions block part of the respiratory tract, manifested as depression, loss of appetite, purulent nasal discharge, painful cough for a long time, persistent retching or vomiting;

Canine parainfluenza often develops suddenly, with elevated body temperature, serous fluid or even purulent nasal fluid, severe coughing, loss of appetite, and mental apathy in sick dogs, and a few can cause hindquarter paralysis and hemorrhagic enteritis symptoms;

Dogs Herpes virus disease mostly occurs in young dogs within 3 weeks of age. After 2 to 3 weeks of age, dogs have symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection such as loss of appetite, salivation, diarrhea, runny nose, sneezing, and dry cough. The body temperature is not high, caused by bitches Miscarriage, vaginitis, vesicular lesions on the vaginal mucosa;

Canine tuberculosis is characterized by fever, gradual weight loss, long-term stubborn cough, and rales in the lungs. Parasitic diseases are mainly caused by canine heartworm disease and strongyloidia. In the early stage of heartworm disease, fatigue, weight loss, cough after exercise, and at the end stage, dogs are prone to sudden death due to the blockage of the right ventricle and pulmonary artery by heartworms;

Stryloides are susceptible to infection in puppies, mainly manifesting as eczematous dermatitis, bronchopneumonia, diarrhea, dehydration, exhaustion, anemia, cachexia and other symptoms.

Pulmonary edema is often characterized by extreme dyspnea and a frothy, red nasal discharge.

Lobar pneumonia is characterized by missed high fever, respiratory disturbance, and extensive dullness in the lungs. Bronchopneumonia is clinically characterized by flaccid fever, rapid breathing, scattered focal areas of dullness on percussion, and crepitus on auscultation.

Tracheobronchitis is clinically characterized by coughing, wheezing, and rales on chest auscultation, with repeated acute attacks in the cold season; Dry intermittent cough with characteristic ga-like sound, mucous membrane cyanosis. In addition to cough symptoms, laryngitis also has symptoms of throat swelling, warming, and pain. In addition to cold dehumidification cough, there are also symptoms such as depression, loss of appetite, conjunctival flushing, embarrassment and tears, elevated body temperature, and watery nasal discharge.