Dogs with microcephaly can be cured
Dogs with microbes have a chance of being cured, the main thing is to find the right time to cure, as long as early detection and early treatment, the dog can be cured.
What is called a small virus
The virus is a highly contagious virus and is one of the main virulent infectious diseases affecting dogs. The virus mainly attacks the intestinal epithelial cells and cardiomyocytes, showing symptoms such as gastrointestinal disease and myocarditis. Dogs of all ages can be infected with the microvirus, but puppies have a higher rate of infection.
The virus survives for six months at 4-10 degrees Celsius, 14 days at 37 degrees Celsius, 24 hours at 56 degrees Celsius, 15 minutes at 80 degrees Celsius, is also highly contagious at room temperature for 3 months, and can survive in the feces for months to years. If a dog in the house has the virus, even if it is treated, it is still important to step up disinfection of the house and still pay attention to the dog’s health. It is also best not to breed another dog for six months, otherwise the new dog will also be susceptible to the microvirus. The virus is highly resistant to commonly used disinfectants as well as ether, chloroform, and alcohols, but is sensitive to formalin, oxidizers, ultraviolet light, and sodium hypochlorite.
What are the factors that induce microscopic disease?
The factors that trigger microscopic disease include 3 main aspects: infection, improper diet, and exposure to cold. In addition, sudden cold weather, sudden changes in the environment, long-distance transportation, etc. are also triggers that contribute to the development of microscopic disease. The disease can occur throughout the year, but is particularly prevalent in spring.
Infection
As you know, the micro-virus is highly contagious. So once you come in contact with a sick dog, you will be infected almost 100% of the time. Therefore, the reason why dogs are so small is because they are infected.
Improper diet
Except for puppies who are likely to get the carditis type of microcephaly, almost most dogs get the enteritis type of microcephaly. So, in the absence of being infected, a dog with microcephaly is a gastrointestinal disease. And gastrointestinal problems, a large part of the reason is the pet owner improper feeding caused by.
Improper diet includes both overfeeding and eating unsuitable food. Puppies do not have a sense of satiety, so they will eat food whenever they see it, which can be very dangerous for dogs with imperfect digestive systems if the owner does not control it.
In addition, many food dogs cannot eat and can cause gastrointestinal problems in dogs that can induce minor illnesses if not eaten properly. Foods that dogs cannot eat include milk (lactose is not absorbed by puppies that cause diarrhea), small bones from poultry (rubs the gastrointestinal tract), greasy foods (eating greasy foods that cause diarrhea), and dangerous foods (chocolate, onions, ginger and garlic, harsh spicy foods, grapes, etc.).
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How to tell when your dog has microscopic disease
The micro virus is essentially a gastrointestinal disease in dogs, which in folklore terms is a flip-flop. So when a dog is infected with the virus, the symptoms are similar to getting cold or eating bad food. Especially for adult dogs, the initial performance symptoms are even less obvious, so that the best treatment time is missed, resulting in aggravation of the disease.
However, the characteristics of microscopic disease is the rapid onset of the disease, the general course of the disease is 7 days. Therefore, early detection of the dog’s condition within 7 days is very important. Generally 1-3 days is the early stage, 3-5 days is the middle stage, and 5-7 days is the late stage.
Initial stage
The dog will initially show loss of appetite, lack of energy, and accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea. The vomit is paste-like, sometimes even vomiting the food just eaten; the excretion is frequent and large, mostly thick paste or thin, yellow or light green in color.
Middle stage
At this stage, the best time for treatment has been missed. At this stage, the dog’s mental state is poor and lethargic. In addition, the dog will vomit a lot, almost everything he eats, and the vomit is light red, similar to ketchup. The feces are mostly jelly-like and blood-like, pink to brownish-red in color, thinner than before, and smelling fishy.
Later stage
At this stage, the dog’s chances of being cured are greatly reduced. The dog will be in a very bad state and will not be able to sleep at all. His eyes are dark, his mouth is dry, his nose is dry and his limbs are weak. The vomit is bright red and the urine is small and yellow. Moreover, the dog’s breath has an acidic smell.
The above symptoms are mainly the enteritis type fine, and the symptoms are more obvious. There is also a type of myocarditis type of fine, this type is mostly seen in 4-6 week old puppies, there are no obvious symptoms, only may be manifested as a slight diarrhea, followed by weakness, moaning, breathing difficulties, diagnosis can be found in the pulse is fast and weak, heart audible murmur. Dogs with this type of microcephaly are likely to die suddenly within a few hours due to acute respiratory depression.
How to treat microcephaly
First of all, there is no specific medicine for the treatment of microcephaly, so it is crucial to seize the best time for treatment. If you find that your dog has symptoms of microscopic disease, such as gastrointestinal discomfort, it is best to buy test strips to test the first time.
How to use the test paper: dip a cotton swab into the dog’s stool, and fill the sample tube with diluted liquid and stir well, then extract the liquid drop into the sample hole of the test strip and wait 5-10 minutes. If the test result is a red line negative, it means no infection with the micro virus, and the opposite is positive, it means the dog is infected. If an infection is found, take the dog to the hospital for treatment at the first opportunity. Generally speaking, hospital treatment consists of five main areas: rehydration therapy, the use of antibiotics, anti-diarrheal drugs, injections of interferon, serum monoclonal antibodies.
The rehydration treatment is to replenish the dog’s body energy, because at this time the dog is to fast and water, through the infusion of fluids to prevent dehydration; the use of antibiotics to control secondary infections, including penicillin, gentamicin, etc.; long vomiting and diarrhea, will lead to dehydration, so you need to take antidiarrheal drugs; high immunity serum and monoclonal antibody treatment for the early stage of the disease is relatively light dog, control virus replication and aggravation.
After sending your dog to the doctor, be sure to thoroughly and repeatedly disinfect the kennel and the dog’s belongings, including the car that took the dog to the hospital. Disinfectants can be used 2% kerosene water or 10-20% bleach, potassium hypochlorite, 8% chlorine dioxide, etc. In addition, the home should also be thoroughly disinfected once, open windows and ventilation. If conditions permit, it is best to throw away the dog’s kennel or food bowl directly and replace it with a new one.
Dogs after the onset of the disease to prohibit food and water, feeding at this time will only increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, and lead to aggravation of the disease. Oral glucose and sodium chloride have no therapeutic significance, so do not force feed. After treatment within 48 hours no longer vomiting diarrhea, can try to feed easily digestible food, such as millet soup, softened dog food, etc..
How to prevent microscopic disease
Prevention of microscopic disease, we must start from the induction of microscopic disease. Induced microscopic diseases include infection, improper diet and exposure to cold. Therefore, when raising a dog to pay attention to the following points.
1. Do not take your dog out to play before it has been vaccinated, and if you must go out, do so within a controlled range and do not contact unfamiliar dogs.
2. Regular vaccinations. The prevention of small can start with vaccination. Many pet owners feel that their dogs have been vaccinated once for microscopic disease and will not get it again. This is actually wrong, even after the first year of injection, and then at least one shot per year, so as to effectively prevent microbes.
3. pay attention to diet, feeding to grasp the degree, but also do not feed people eat too greasy food.
4. strengthen the dog’s body resistance, more dogs out walking exercise, to improve physical fitness.
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