Like human existence, Germanshepherd dogs also face the threat of various diseases in their lives. For example, when the temperature changes suddenly, it is easy to cause the German Shepherd dog to catch a cold; in summer, the German Shepherd dog is prone to heat stroke; in addition, various infectious diseases such as canine distemper and microscopic disease are also common diseases that endanger the life and safety of German Shepherds. In life, there are many diseases that endanger the health of German Shepherds. For example, gastroenteritis, skin diseases, respiratory diseases, fractures, ear mites, oral diseases, cataracts, infectious hepatitis, canine coronavirus infection and canine adenovirus type II infection, etc. These different diseases have different clinical manifestations and different harm to German Shepherds.

Prevention and Treatment of Common Summer Diseases in German Shepherds

German Shepherd Distemper: Early Onset: Available High-dose canine distemper hyperimmune serum injection can control the development of this disease. Symptomatic treatment: Supplementing sugar, rehydrating fluids, reducing fever, preventing secondary infection, strengthening feeding management and other methods have a certain therapeutic effect on this disease.

Canine parvovirus disease: initial stage: treatment with canine parvovirus hyperimmune serum. Symptomatic treatment: rehydration therapy, with isotonic glucose saline and 5% sodium bicarbonate injection for intravenous injection. The amount of fluid replacement can be determined according to the degree of dehydration, anti-inflammatory, hemostasis, antiemetic, gentamicin 10,000 units/kg body weight, dexamethasone 0.5 mg/kg body weight mixed intramuscular injection, or kanamycin 50,000 units/kg kg body weight plus dexamethasone mixed intramuscularly. Vitamin K11 mg/kg body weight, Vk30.4 mg/kg body weight, mixed intramuscular injection. metoclopramide 2 mg/kg body weight.

Rabies, also known as mad German shepherd disease, hydrophobia. It is a direct contact infectious disease caused by the rabies virus in humans and all warm-blooded animals (humans, dogs, cats, etc.). Once a person is bitten by a dog containing the rabies virus, the mortality rate is 100%. Therefore, dogs as pets must pay attention to rabies immunity. The clinical manifestations of dogs with rabies are extreme excitement, mania, salivation and loss of consciousness, and eventually death from general paralysis. The incubation period of the disease varies, generally 15 days, and the elderly can reach several months or more than the previous year. The length of the incubation period is related to the virulence and location of the infection.

Canine parvovirus disease, also known as canine transmissible gastroenteritis, is an acute infectious disease caused by canine parvovirus infection. Mainly characterized by hemorrhagic enteritis and non-suppurative myocarditis, it affects dogs of all ages, with a high incidence in puppies. Sometimes the infection rate can be as high as 100%, and the fatality rate is around 60%. If treated in time, the cure rate can reach 90%.