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How to care for a dog with an internal medicine condition? Explaining with gastritis as an example
The usual signs are not eating, vomiting, and diarrhea, leading to severe dehydration and reduced resistance. Intravenous fluids generally work best. Next, giving stomach-strengthening and appetite-stimulating drugs is fine, but giving only these drugs is not enough. Owners should administer medication according to the veterinarian's advice and prescription, but because the education level and clinical experience of veterinarians vary across different animal hospitals and clinics, you should find an experienced veterinarian to prescribe. Generally, households should always keep drugs such as berberine and furazolidone on hand, but these
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Encephalitis in Dogs
Encephalitis refers to inflammation of the meninges and brain parenchyma caused by infection or toxic factors. In a broad sense, encephalitis includes various brain infections and encephalopathies. [Etiology] Purulent encephalitis is mostly caused by pyogenic bacteria, head trauma, spread of nearby purulent foci, or hematogenous metastasis from systemic pyemia. It can also be caused by the migrating larvae of certain parasites entering brain tissue, resulting in parasitic encephalitis. Non-suppurative encephalitis is mostly seen secondary to infectious diseases, such as canine distemper and rabies. Bacterial
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Common Symptoms and Treatment Methods of Keratitis in Dogs
[Etiology] Keratitis in dogs is usually caused by trauma or foreign bodies, and can also occur in certain infectious and parasitic diseases. [Key Points of Diagnosis] The main symptoms of acute keratitis are photophobia, lacrimation, pain, blepharospasm, and conjunctival hyperemia. When caused by trauma, the corneal surface is rough and uneven, with corneal opacity; some cases are relatively mild, showing only a layer of translucent thin nebula, while others are thicker, appearing as an opaque white membrane, and the affected dog thereby becomes blind. Cases with a longer course of disease develop corneal peripheral hyperemia and neovascularization.
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Feeding Livestock with Fresh Wheat Bran Requires Vigilance Against Stomatitis
Many breeders are accustomed to feeding fresh wheat bran directly to livestock, and untreated fresh wheat bran often punctures the oral mucosa of livestock and causes stomatitis. After livestock develop stomatitis, they want to eat but refuse food; they take feed into their mouths but dare not chew, or after chewing a few bites they spit the feed back out; white turbid mucus continuously flows from the mouth; and wheat awns can be seen stuck all over the tooth roots and the base of the tongue in the oral cavity. Once this disease occurs, first clean the wheat awns from the livestock's oral cavity thoroughly, then rinse the oral cavity with clean water to prevent infection. Then
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What Is Avian Nephropathogenic Infectious Bronchitis?
Nephropathogenic infectious bronchitis is a pathological manifestation of avian infectious bronchitis caused by coronavirus. In recent years, especially since last winter and this spring, the incidence of nephropathogenic IB in Shandong Province, China, particularly in the Qingdao area, has risen significantly, causing considerable economic losses to the poultry industry, especially the broiler industry, and thus attracting widespread attention. Nephropathogenic IB is not an independent disease caused by an independent virus; it is a special phenotype of IB virus strains in the urinary organs of chickens; or rather, it is a
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What are the pathogenic characteristics of duck infectious serositis?
Duck infectious serositis, also known as Riemerella anatipestifer disease, formerly called Pasteurella anatipestifer disease, can infect ducks of all breeds, sexes, and ages, mainly affecting ducklings 2 to 3 weeks old, with morbidity often reaching over 90% and mortality ranging from 5% to 75%. This disease often occurs as a mixed or concurrent infection with duck colibacillosis. It is characterized by fibrinous pericarditis, perihepatitis, airsacculitis, peritonitis, etc. 1. Pathogen The pathogen of this disease, Riemerella anatipestifer, is a Gram-negative small bacillus, non-spore-forming, non-motile
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Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Chronic Glomerulonephritis in Dogs
Chronic glomerulonephritis, abbreviated as chronic nephritis, refers to diffuse inflammation of the glomeruli. It is a chronic kidney disease in which the renal tubules undergo degeneration and the renal interstitium undergoes cell infiltration and connective tissue proliferation. [Causes] The causes of chronic nephritis are the same as those of acute nephritis. However, the stimulation by the pathogen is mild and lasts for a longer period. In addition, some cases of acute nephritis that are not completely controlled may turn into chronic nephritis. [Symptoms] Chronic glomerulonephritis develops slowly, and the clinical manifestations are mild. The affected dog may be seen gradually losing weight. In the early stage
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Causes, Diagnosis, and Prevention of Gastritis in Dogs (Part 2)
Gastritis refers to acute or chronic inflammation of the gastric mucosa. In some cases it can extend to the intestinal mucosa, resulting in gastroenteritis. Gastritis is one of the most common diseases in dogs. [Causes] Ingestion of spoiled or indigestible food and foreign objects. Caused by the use of highly irritating drugs in the eyes. Secondary to other diseases, such as canine distemper, infectious canine hepatitis, parvoviral enteritis, liver flukes, pancreatitis, nephritis, and intestinal parasitic diseases. [Symptoms] Clinically, the main features are vomiting, abdominal pain, and depression. Affected dogs have a strong sense of thirst, but vomit immediately after drinking.
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What are the prevention and treatment methods for soft-shelled turtle parotitis?
Cause: The cause is unknown and may be caused by a virus. Symptoms: Some diseased soft-shelled turtles have swollen necks and bleeding in the internal organs; some have bleeding spots on the plastron, and in the late stage of the disease, bleeding from the mouth and nose can also be seen. The disease has two characteristics: first, the neck is swollen but not red; second, the gastrointestinal tract contains clotted blood or is completely bloodless. When dying, the neck is stretched out long. Prevention and treatment: 1) Because the cause is unknown, there is still a lack of effective treatment methods, so prevention is the main approach. Regularly feed "Nongfu Type 3" for 1-2 consecutive days, 1-2 times per month;
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Stomatitis is a common internal disease in dogs.
Stomatitis can be classified by the nature of the inflammation into catarrhal, vesicular and ulcerative stomatitis, with catarrhal stomatitis being the more commonly seen type. [Causes] The most common cause is direct injury to the oral mucosa by coarse hard bones, sharp teeth, nails, wire and the like, followed by secondary infection resulting in stomatitis; next is accidental ingestion of quicklime, ammonia water, moldy and spoiled feed, or irritating drugs at excessive concentration; and then cases secondary to tongue injury, pharyngeal fire or certain infectious diseases. [Key points of diagnosis] The sick dog refuses coarse hard feed and prefers liquid feed and
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