Which six diseases should be prevented when keeping dogs in spring?

Spring is a period of high incidence for various dog diseases. Therefore, it is very important to do a good job in the prevention and treatment of dog diseases in spring. Specifically, the prevention and treatment of the following six diseases should be carried out well.

1. Rabies

Rabies, commonly known as mad dog disease and hydrophobia, is an acute, contact zoonotic disease caused by rabies virus, mainly invading the central nervous system.

Preventive measures: The principle of prevention is mainly to do a good job in "prevention, inspection, elimination, and treatment."

1. Prevention: Make sure vaccination is done well. Dilute each bottle of vaccine with 10 ml of sterile water. After fully dissolving, inject 1 ml subcutaneously or intramuscularly into each dog.

2. Inspection: Carry out strict quarantine during feeding, pre-sale quarantine, and transport quarantine. Newly introduced dogs must be isolated and raised for more than 2 weeks.

3. Elimination: For stray dogs, ownerless dogs, sick dogs, and suspected sick dogs, strict capture and killing and destruction must be carried out without any mercy.

4. Treatment: The mortality rate of rabies is as high as 100%, and there is generally no treatment value. If a person is accidentally bitten by a rabid dog or a suspected rabid dog, the wound should immediately be enlarged, bleeding should be pressed out, and the wound should be repeatedly washed with clean water and 20% soapy water for more than 20 minutes, then fully rinsed with 70% alcohol, and rabies vaccine should be injected within 24 hours.

2. Canine parvovirus disease

This disease is an acute infectious disease caused by canine parvovirus, mainly characterized by persistent vomiting, severe abdominal pain, and tomato-juice-like bloody stool. This disease mainly harms puppies.

Preventive measures: If a dog is found to have this disease, comprehensive prevention and treatment measures should be taken immediately, and susceptible dogs should be injected with hyperimmune serum or live vaccine. Specific measures:

1. Kill the virus: Intravenously inject 10 ml of ribavirin per kilogram of dog body weight, 2 times a day.

2. Control intestinal bacterial infection: Intravenously inject 0.3-0.35 ten thousand units of gentamicin per kilogram of dog body weight, 2 times a day. After chloramphenicol is diluted with water, administer it as an enema, 2 times a day.

3. Fluid replacement: Intravenously inject 250-500 ml of saline, 250 ml of 10% glucose, and 250 ml of compound sodium chloride, once a day.

3. Canine distemper

This disease is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by canine distemper virus.

Preventive measures: Canine distemper monovalent vaccine, trivalent vaccine, or pentavalent vaccine can be used for prevention.

1. Serum therapy: For dogs weighing less than 5 kg, intramuscularly inject 3-5 ml of anti-canine distemper hyperimmune serum each time; for dogs weighing more than 5 kg, intramuscularly inject 10-20 ml of anti-canine distemper hyperimmune serum each time, once a day, for 2 consecutive times.

2. Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory: Mix 50 mg of sulfadiazine sodium, 250 g of sodium bicarbonate, and 60 ml of 5% glucose, and inject intravenously at one time, 2 times a day, for 7 consecutive days. Mix 50 mg of chloramphenicol or 10 mg of gentamicin, 60 ml of 5% glucose, 100 ml of vitamin C, and 1 mg of dexamethasone, and inject intravenously at one time, 2 times a day, for 7 consecutive days.

3. Antipyretic and analgesic: Intramuscularly inject 0.5 ml of antipyrine or 1 ml of analgin, 2 times a day, for 5-7 consecutive days.

4. Antiemetic: Intramuscularly inject 0.5 ml of metoclopramide, 2 times a day, for 3-5 consecutive days.

4. Canine parainfluenza

Canine parainfluenza is a disease caused by canine parainfluenza virus.

Preventive measures: Monovalent vaccine or pentavalent vaccine can be used for preventive vaccination. There is no specific drug for treatment; it mainly consists of symptomatic treatment and prevention of secondary infection.

1. Prevent secondary infection: Intramuscularly inject 10-30 mg of chloramphenicol per kilogram of dog body weight, or 5 mg of tylosin per kilogram of dog body weight, or 7 mg of tetracycline per kilogram of dog body weight.

2. Relieve cough: Intramuscularly inject the antitussive aminophylline at 10 mg per kilogram of dog body weight.

3. Reduce inflammation: Dexamethasone 0.25-2 mg per kilogram of dog body weight, daily dose.

4. Improve resistance: Give a large amount of vitamin C, 200-400 mg per day, to improve resistance.

5. Canine infectious hepatitis

This disease is an acute, febrile, septicemic, contact infectious disease caused by an infectious virus.

Preventive measures: Inject trivalent vaccine or pentavalent vaccine for active immunization.

1. Once a dog is diagnosed with this disease, the sick dog must be isolated immediately, and at the same time the kennel and the environment that may be contaminated must be thoroughly disinfected. Use symptomatic therapy and antibiotics to treat and prevent secondary infection.

2. Carry out emergency vaccination for susceptible dog groups, and at the same time give blood transfusion and intravenous injection of 250-500 ml of 5% glucose saline containing 5% protein hydrolysate.

6. Canine paratyphoid

This disease is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by Salmonella typhimurium.

Preventive measures: Strengthen disinfection, feed must be cooked before feeding, isolate sick dogs, deeply bury or burn dead dogs, and strictly prohibit consumption.

1. Chloramphenicol 15-50 mg per kilogram of dog body weight, orally at one time, 2-4 times a day, for 4-6 consecutive days; halve the dose for intramuscular injection.

2. Furazolidone 2-6 mg per kilogram of dog body weight, taken orally in 2 divided doses, for 5-7 consecutive days.

3. Sinomin 0.02-0.05 g per kilogram of dog body weight, orally 2 times a day, for 7 consecutive days.

4. Garlic 10-25 g, mashed into paste and taken orally, 3 times a day, for 3-4 consecutive days.