Microcephaly is a disease caused by a small virus that often occurs in younger dogs. Dogs usually become infected with the virus after coming into contact with animals or objects that carry the virus. The disease manifests itself as depression, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, elevated body temperature and, in later stages, blood in the stool. Treatment is symptomatic and cause-specific, mainly for vomiting and diarrhea using antidiarrheal and antiemetic drugs, and for the virus using viral interferon, monoclonal antibodies, etc. Sick dogs and recovering dogs are the source of infection for microcephaly. Diseased dogs are transmitted to the outside world through feces, urine, saliva and vomit. Rehabilitated dogs can also detoxify from feces and urine over time, contaminating feed, water, eating utensils and the surrounding environment. We believe that the general route of transmission of the disease is the digestive tract, and susceptible animals are infected mainly by direct or indirect contact.
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