What to Do If Your Dog Gets Kennel Cough? Prevention and Treatment Methods Explained

"Kennel cough" is an acute infectious disease in dogs caused by adenovirus type 2. It occurs mostly in puppies, though adult dogs can also be infected. The main symptom is paroxysmal continuous severe coughing, milder during the day and worse at night. Most affected dogs initially have a basically normal body temperature and generally no loss of appetite, but the disease is extremely contagious. Antibiotic treatment alone has no obvious effect and can easily lead to other secondary infections.

The disease is mainly transmitted through the coughing droplets of infected dogs. Puppies have a higher infection rate, and stroking an infected dog's throat can trigger coughing. The course of the disease can last for several weeks, and in a few cases it can cause severe bronchopneumonia and death, and occasionally it can also lead to chronic bronchiectasis.

This disease usually occurs as a co-infection with other respiratory viruses such as infectious bronchitis virus, and bacteria. Currently there is no specific treatment drug; the main approach is to prevent secondary infections while providing symptomatic treatment, using antibiotics, antipyretic analgesics, antitussives, and so on.

There is a vaccine, it seems to be dripped into the nose. If your dog gets it, don't panic, quickly get an anti-inflammatory injection and give it Shuanghuanglian and Chuanbei.

If that's the case, first give it azithromycin dispersible tablets, at the children's dosage, and don't let it progress. Then give some cough and asthma tablets as well.

1. Cause: stimulation from cold outside, or drinking water that is too cold.

2. Symptoms fall into two types: one is coughing, sounding like this: "cough. cough. cough...." The treatment is subcutaneous or intravenous injection of ceftriaxone sodium. Dosage: dilute with 5 ml of saline or sterile water; for a puppy, 1.5-2 ml per dose, once a day, and it will recover in three days.

The second is coughing with a rasp, sounding like this: "cough. cough. cough... rasp," with the rasp being the last sound. This is a typical mycoplasma upper respiratory tract infection. This symptom is relatively serious, and early detection and early treatment are essential. The most effective and only treatment is injection of 0.25 g of azithromycin, either subcutaneously or intravenously. Dosage: dilute with 5 ml of saline; for a puppy, 1.5-2 ml, once a day. It will recover in 3-5 days, and after recovery it will have lifelong immunity.

I really didn't know this disease even existed... My dog goes "cough. cough. cough... rasp" and is already 6 years old now... I always thought it was because I didn't take good care of it when it was young and it had gotten bronchitis... Now I finally understand, it turns out my dog has kennel cough... Even though it's already 6 years old, I always feel that going "cough. cough. cough... rasp" like this must be so uncomfortable and miserable for it, so I've decided to take it for a few days of injections so it can have lifelong immunity, and then it won't have to feel uncomfortable or miserable anymore!

If your dog has these symptoms, then hurry up and take your dog for a few injections. It suffers, and we feel heartache too, don't we?