What is Canine distemper?

Canine distemper is a disease of canine animals, which is mainly transmitted through direct contact with sick animals, but also through air or food. It is not a zoonotic disease sick.

Canine distemper is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by canine distemper virus, which is highly contagious and has a mortality rate of over 80%.

Symptoms of Canine Distemper:

Initial Canine Distemper Symptoms Dogs The body temperature is as high as 39.5 to 41 degrees Celsius, loss of appetite, depression, watery secretions from the eyes and nose, sneezing, and diarrhea.

In the next 2 to 14 days, the body temperature rises again, coughing, purulent nasal discharge, and purulent eye mucus. At this time, it is already the middle stage of canine distemper. At the same time secondary gastrointestinal diseases, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite. Highly depressed and lethargic.

Canine distemper at the later stage of onset will have typical neurological symptoms, foaming at the mouth, convulsions, and it is difficult to treat at this time.

How Canine Distemper Is Treated

Nutrition Cream: After suffering from canine distemper, the appetite will be greatly reduced, but in order to allow the dog to have sufficient physical strength to fight the disease, the owner should feed the dog nutritional cream every day to ensure the dog's nutritional intake. If the dog can't even eat the nutritional cream in the later stage, you can directly give it glucose.

Isolation: Canine distemper is a very contagious disease and dogs should be quarantined immediately after they have canine distemper. On the one hand, it can avoid the expansion of the epidemic, and on the other hand, it can prevent the dog from coming into contact with the sick dog, which will lead to the aggravation of the disease.

Hospitalization: Not only is canine distemper highly contagious, it is also highly fatal. Therefore, if the dog suffers from canine distemper, it should be sent to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible to avoid missing the best time for treatment and improve the cure rate.