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Symptoms and Prevention and Treatment Methods of Gastritis in Dogs and Cats

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Gastritis in dogs and cats 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 and cats. The main causes are pets accidentally eating spoiled or hard-to-digest food and foreign objects. In addition, other diseases such as canine distemper, infectious canine hepatitis, parvoviral enteritis, liver fluke, pancreatitis, nephritis, and intestinal parasites can also trigger gastritis. The main symptoms of gastritis in dogs and cats are vomiting, abdominal pain, and depression. Affected pets have a relatively

Gastritis in dogs and cats 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 and cats. The main causes are pets accidentally eating spoiled or hard-to-digest food and foreign objects. In addition, other diseases such as canine distemper, infectious canine hepatitis, parvoviral enteritis, liver fluke, pancreatitis, nephritis, and intestinal parasites can also trigger gastritis.

The main symptoms of gastritis in dogs and cats are vomiting, abdominal pain, and depression. Affected pets have a strong sense of thirst, but vomit right after drinking, have reduced appetite or refuse food, and show symptoms of dehydration and weight loss. The vomit may contain foreign objects or blood. On palpation the abdomen is sensitive and the animal resists; it prefers to crouch or lie prone on cool ground.

Experienced families can generally adopt the following treatment methods:

(1) Fast for more than 24 hours;

(2) Give antiemetics, metoclopramide 1-2 mg/kg body weight, 2 times/day. Or oral domperidone tablets 2 mg/kg body weight, 2 times/day. Chlorpromazine 1- mg can also be injected intramuscularly, 1-2 times/day;

(3) Gentamicin 10,000 units/kg body weight, intramuscular injection, 2 times/day, or oral 20,000 units/kg body weight, 2 times/day;

(4) For cases with dehydration and no eating, intravenous infusion of glucose saline 30 ml/kg body weight, 5% sodium bicarbonate injection 2 ml/kg body weight, 1 time/day.

If you are not confident about treatment, send the pet to a veterinary hospital as soon as possible for a doctor to treat it, and by no means delay.

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