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Symptoms and Prevention and Treatment Methods of Canine Coronavirus Infection

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Canine coronavirus can cause gastroenteritis symptoms of varying severity in dogs, characterized by frequent vomiting, diarrhea, depression, and anorexia. This disease can occur in all four seasons, but is more common in winter. Infected dogs are the main source of infection. Dogs can be infected through the respiratory tract, digestive tract, feces, and contaminated objects. Once the disease occurs, it is very difficult to control among dogs in the same litter and the same room, and all of them can become infected. This disease often occurs as a mixed infection with canine parvovirus, rotavirus, and other gastrointestinal diseases. [Symptoms] This disease spreads quickly and can spread to the entire group within a few days. The incubation

Canine coronavirus can cause gastroenteritis symptoms of varying severity in dogs, characterized by frequent vomiting, diarrhea, depression, and anorexia. This disease can occur in all four seasons, but is more common in winter. Infected dogs are the main source of infection. Dogs can be infected through the respiratory tract, digestive tract, feces, and contaminated objects. Once the disease occurs, it is very difficult to control among dogs in the same litter and the same room, and all of them can become infected. This disease often occurs as a mixed infection with canine parvovirus, rotavirus, and other gastrointestinal diseases.

[Symptoms]

This disease spreads quickly and can spread to the entire group within a few days. The incubation period is 1-3 days. The clinical symptoms vary in severity; some cases have no obvious symptoms, while others may show fatal gastroenteritis symptoms. Affected dogs show lethargy, weakness, and anorexia. In the early stage, persistent vomiting for several days may be seen, followed by diarrhea, with feces being thin and gruel-like or watery. Yellow-green or orange-red, foul-smelling, sometimes the feces contain a small amount of mucus, and some feces may contain a small amount of blood. Affected dogs show severe dehydration, emaciation, sunken eyeballs, and decreased skin elasticity. Most affected dogs show little change in body temperature, and the white blood cell count is normal or slightly low. When this disease occurs in puppies, there is a certain mortality rate, and some puppies die very quickly. Adult dogs generally do not die from the disease and can recover after symptomatic treatment in 7-10 days.

Sodium hypochlorite and bleaching powder are effective disinfectants for this disease.

[Treatment]

Symptomatic therapy, intravenous fluid infusion, antiemetics, anti-inflammatory treatment, and prevention of secondary infection.

After symptomatic treatment, most dogs can recover on their own.

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