5 common diseases of Staffordshire Terriers that must be taken seriously!

Those who have known the Staffordshire Terrier should know that this dog is born with an outstanding physique and a muscular body that looks robust and refined. However, like any other dog, the Staffordshire Terrier growing up in a modern home can face a variety of diseases that need to be taken seriously enough by the owner. I look at the five common diseases of Stafford Terrier, found the following symptoms, should be immediately sent to the veterinary hospital for treatment. 1, distemper: the disease is an acute infectious disease caused by a virus, usually occurs in the puppy stage of Stafford Terrier, the disease is generally a dry cough, loss of appetite, vomiting, high fever, and so on, and the general cold is very similar. If more serious, the dog will also have seizure symptoms, this disease is a huge damage to the dog, the rate of death is very high. 2, small virus disease: this disease mainly occurs in puppies, the general symptoms of blood in the stool, diarrhea, vomiting, drowsiness, etc., if the small Staffordshire Terrier is not vaccinated, the probability of death is very high. The disease mainly comes from food or other sick dogs, so to do prevention from this aspect. 3, skin disease: Staffordshire Terrier belongs to the short-haired dogs, if the hair long-term hidden dirt, not timely cleaning, the dog is easy to suffer from skin disease. Although not a major disease, but serious words also make the dog loss of appetite, grumpy personality, affecting its health. 4, rabies: this disease is zoonotic, basically no possibility of survival, the general symptoms of fear of water, fear of wind, pharyngeal muscle spasms, paralysis, etc., the only solution is to inject rabies vaccine. So both the owner and the dog, in addition to its puppy period to give it a vaccination, every year should be regularly injected with new vaccines to ensure the safety of human and dog life. 5, pneumonia: when the Stafford Terrier has a lack of spirit, poor appetite, like to lie down, love to drink water and other symptoms, if its temperature reaches about 40 degrees, it is basically more serious pneumonia. If there is no medication at home specifically for pneumonia, the dog should be taken to the vet immediately. In short, there are many other common diseases of Stafford Terrier, owners need to pay more attention in the process of feeding, once the dog is found to have abnormal symptoms, should be prepared to deal with, in order to let it grow up healthy.