Puppies have very weak immune systems and are easily infected if you do not know how to take care of them properly. In this article, we will learn about common diseases in puppies and how to treat them.
1. Helminth disease, intestinal parasites
Puppies are often infected with roundworms or hookworms early in life due to infection from mother's milk. Symptoms include loose stools and an upset stomach. To avoid intestinal parasites, you should give your puppy a dewormer periodically.
2. Inflammatory bowel disease/stomach disease (Canine Pavo virus)
This is a very contagious virus and can be transmitted immediately by direct or indirect contact with contaminated dog feces and waste. This is a common disease in puppies under 1 year of age, especially in the period 1 - under 6 months.
Signs of illness: Bloody diarrhea, vomiting and loss of appetite, fatigue leading to inactivity, just lying flat. Parvo disease can cause dogs to have gastrointestinal bleeding – causing anemia, which can be life-threatening in the long run.
Treatment: Dog antibiotics are needed to prevent infection. You can easily avoid parvovirus by vaccinating your puppy. Or, if the mother dog has been vaccinated before, she can pass protective antibodies against the disease to the puppies through her milk.
3. Coccidia
This is a parasite commonly found in puddles of standing water that can infect a puppy's digestive tract and the cells inside. Puppies are at risk of contracting this disease if they are not kept in a clean, dry environment when they are born.
Signs of illness: Diarrhea, blood in the stool or dehydration.
Treatment: Puppies can be given an anti-parasitic medication according to the doctor's prescription. To prevent disease, keep the area around the puppy dry, clean and provide enough clean water for the puppy.
4. Care disease / fever
This is a dangerous acute infectious disease that often occurs in puppies, causing rapid spread and very high mortality rate because it is capable of infecting through respiratory and digestive tract. Virus Care can cause nerve damage and even weight loss in puppies if not treated promptly.
Signs of illness: If you notice that your puppy has a runny nose, is losing his appetite, or has stopped eating altogether, he may have an infection.
Treatment: If you find that your dog is sick, you need to take the puppy to the veterinarian for timely treatment. The disease can be contagious, so it is important to keep infected dogs away from healthy dogs.
5. Heartworm disease
This is a parasitic disease caused by the worm Dirofilaria immitis. Adult worms parasitize the heart and pulmonary arteries, dilate the heart, and block the pulmonary arteries.
This is a contagious disease. When mosquitoes feed on the blood of dogs/cats with heartworm disease, they will also suck up heartworm larvae. These heartworm-carrying mosquitoes feed on the blood of other dogs/cats which can transmit these larvae to other dogs. After about 75 - 120 days of infection, the larvae continue to develop into young worms, migrate into the bloodstream, pass through the heart and reside in the lungs and then develop into adult worms.
Signs of illness: Heartworms can cause heart failure, lung disease, and potentially death. Manifestations in puppies are fatigue, decreased appetite and weight loss. To prevent disease, you need to give your puppy a monthly heartworm preventative.
Treatment: If you see the above symptoms, take your puppy to the vet as soon as possible. Humans are also susceptible to this heartworm infection, and the vector of transmission is still the mosquito.
6. Cough / Bronchitis
This is the disease that occurs most in dogs under 6 months old, dogs imported from abroad, dogs roaming during cold and wet waves.
Signs of illness: The disease can spread quickly and kill many dogs with symptoms of cough and sputum lasting from 7 to 21 days due to upper respiratory tract infection, although at first eating well, agile, no fever, it is difficult to know that the dog has died. carry disease. When you look closely, you can see that the dog's eyes are not clear, there is discharge, the nose mirror is always dry, rough and has a green discharge, or licks the nose and swallows fluid, sneezes when there is a lot of fluid coming out...
When the disease turns chronic, the dog loses weight quickly due to the development of other bacterial and viral diseases: Parvovirus, Carre... diarrhea, broken stools with bloody mucus, bad smell, vomiting yellow viscous fluid from the stomach, and confusion. liver and kidney dysfunction and sudden death due to dyspnea, respiratory failure, dehydration, and cardiovascular collapse.
This disease can last for weeks, even up to 2 months and is easily repeated with very high mortality. In the final stage of the disease, when the resistance declines, the dog turns to bloody diarrhea, staggers, tremors, and epileptic seizures.
To prevent disease. You need to keep and isolate new puppies that have not been safe from the epidemic for at least 2 weeks, disinfecting and leaving the area empty for a while is very necessary.
Treatment: This disease has no effective treatment, you need to isolate the infected dog, then conduct fluid and electrolyte resuscitation, energy compensation, antibiotics to fight secondary diseases, support, and respiratory support. aspiration and intensive care or deliver to a veterinarian. Ensure a reasonable diet with enough valuable nutrients to increase resistance, increase immune efficiency.
7. Hypoglycemia
Signs of illness: Puppies are very susceptible to hypoglycemia if they are not fed enough and on time. Puppies with hypoglycemia are often lethargic, tired, and may have seizures.
Treatment: To avoid hypoglycemia in puppies you just need to give them a reasonable diet and also take diabetes medication provided by your veterinarian.
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