It is a common digestive disease in dogs, and as we all know, “stomach pain is not a disease, but a pain that really kills”, and so do dogs, when they suffer from gastritis, they also need to suffer from pain. The main causes of gastritis in dogs are: 1. over-eating or eating spoiled food, foreign substances or irritating drugs, etc. 2. secondary to certain infectious and parasitic diseases. 3. long-term stimulation of the gastric mucosa, anemia, lack of gastric acid, malnutrition, etc. Dogs suffering from gastritis are clinically characterized by vomiting, abdominal pain and mental depression. Sick dogs have a strong sense of thirst, but vomit after drinking, reduced appetite or no food, with signs of dehydration and wasting. Foreign body caused by visible, vomit material with foreign body or blood. Palpation of the abdomen is sensitive to resistance and prefers to sit or lie down on the cool ground. The sick dog is depressed, vomiting and abdominal pain are its main symptoms. Initially, the vomit is mainly chyme, but later it is foamy mucus and gastric juice. Due to the different causes of the disease, the vomitus can be mixed with blood, bile and even mucous membrane fragments. The thirst of the sick dog increases, but vomiting occurs after drinking water. Appetite is significantly reduced or refuses to eat, or the dog may be restless due to abdominal pain. When vomiting is severe, signs of dehydration or electrolyte disturbance may appear. When examining the oral cavity, a yellowish-white tongue and foul odor can often be seen and smelled. The diagnosis can be made based on the medical history and clinical symptoms. Treatment 1. Restrict diet. Usually stop feeding for at least 24 hours. At this time, if you do not vomit, you can give a small amount of water or ice several times, to maintain the oral moist degree. Then feed with sugar and salt rice soup, or high sugar, low fat, low protein, easy to digest liquid food, and gradually resume normal diet after a few days. 2. clean up the stomach contents. At the beginning of the disease, when there are still harmful substances left in the stomach, you can use an emetic. Such as subcutaneous injection of apomorphine hydrochloride 3 to 5 mg, or oral vomiting root end 0.5 to 3 grams, or vomiting tartar 0.05 to 0.3 grams. In the later stage when harmful substances enter the intestine, laxatives should be used. Such as the instillation of castor oil 10 ~ 20 mg. 3. Sedation and antiemetic. When the sick dog vomits seriously and is in danger of dehydration, it should be sedated to stop vomiting. Intramuscular injection of chlorpromazine hydrochloride 1.1-6.6 mg/kg body weight/time, or atropine sulfate 0.3-1 mg/time, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection, 2-3 times a day. 4. stomachic and analgesic. The stomach can be strengthened with 2 ml of dilute hydrochloric acid, 3 grams of sugar-containing pepsin and 200 ml of water, divided into 2 days of internal consumption. For acid and analgesia available synthetic aluminum silicate 3 to 5 grams, inverted box dip 0.04 to 0.05 grams, amylase 0.6 to grams, condensed milk 1 ml, divided into 3 parts, 3 times a day for internal consumption or mixed in food to feed. 5. timely rehydration. When vomiting is intense, rehydration should be timely. Such as 5% glucose solution, compound sodium chloride solution intravenous injection. If you add vitamin B1, vitamin c, can often get good results. Prevention 1. usually to strictly control the dog’s diet, do not overfeed or feed indigestible food. 2. to let the dog develop a good habit of not eating other food randomly in addition to the food fed. 3. feeding food, especially meat food, must ensure fresh and sanitary, do not feed raw meat and food deterioration due to long-term storage. 4. do not let the dog and other livestock for the company, to prevent it from stealing poultry food or livestock food. The dog’s body will be dewormed once a month, and the dog will be dewormed once every three months. 2. Regular physical examinations of the dog will help to detect the slightest changes in the dog’s body. 3.
