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.

What is kennel cough

The official name of kennel cough in veterinary clinics 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.

Causes of the disease

The severity of symptoms varies depending on the 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 systemic condition, suspicious or poor prognosis.

Symptoms

In the early stage of the disease, the dog's symptoms are dry cough with occasional vomiting after coughing Or nausea, but the spirit and appetite 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. Treatment of kennel cough It is necessary to treat both the symptoms and the root causes. On the one hand, symptoms such as cough must be controlled, and on the other hand, pathogens must be killed. It should be noted that since kennel cough is often caused by a variety of opportunistic pathogenic bacteria, it is difficult for ordinary drugs to reach this part. Most of the antibiotics do not have an immediate therapeutic effect. Some dog owners use large doses of antibiotics for this reason. But this practice is very unscientific. Long-term high doses of 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 anti-viral oral liquid, such as Shuanghuanglian oral liquid plus Snake Danchuanbei liquid, etc. Inject dexamethasone again. In addition, pay attention to protecting the dog from cold. In addition, don't forget to disinfect the home regularly and give the dog a clean environment! Diagnosis and treatment of dog cough Cough is a symptom caused by many diseases, not An independent disease name 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, and causes weight loss. And secondary 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.; Common diseases such as pulmonary edema, lobar pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, bronchitis, bronchitis, tracheal paralysis, laryngitis and colds can cause cough.