I. Symptoms of acute gastroenteritis in dogs
1. Early symptoms of gastroenteritis in dogs: In the early stage of gastroenteritis, they often lie on a cool, lower temperature floor, and put their elbows on the floor in a similar “prayer pose”. At this time, the puppies often suffer from depression, poor appetite, inability to digest food properly, accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea, and mucus in the stool.
2. Late-stage symptoms of dog gastroenteritis: At this time, the dog’s condition has worsened, and its symptoms include walking, stumbling, and occasionally bloody stools accompanied by foul odor, fever, and even drooling and foaming at the mouth. Convulsions, dehydration in severe cases, etc., are further life-threatening.
2. The etiology of acute gastroenteritis in dogs
1. Feeding Improper: Improper daily diet is one of the reasons why dogs suffer from acute gastroenteritis. The most common reason is that dogs eat moldy and spoiled food.
2. Accidental ingestion of foreign bodies: If cats accidentally ingest human medicines or chemical substances such as fertilizers and herbicides, acute gastroenteritis will also occur.
3. Infectious diseases: such as dogs suffering from canine distemper, canine infectious hepatitis and other diseases, which can cause acute gastroenteritis in dogs.
4. Malnutrition: The dog’s gastric mucosa is stimulated for a long time, and anemia and gastric acid deficiency can also cause acute gastroenteritis in dogs.
Third, dog gastroenteritis treatment method
1. Strengthen nursing care: The owner needs to place the dog in a place with suitable temperature. After the dog’s symptoms are relieved, appropriate non-stimulating food such as liquid food should be fed.
2. Clean up the stomach: If the dog has fullness and loose stools, he should fast, and if necessary, use a laxative such as vegetable oil to clean up the dog’s stomach.
3. Calm and antiemetic: For dogs with severe vomiting and diarrhea, they should be sent to the pet hospital for infusion in time to avoid dehydration. At the same time, they will be treated with antidiarrheal and antiemetic drugs.
4. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diarrheal: dogs with gastroenteritis need to use veterinary compound amoxicillin powder, metronidazole tablets, neomycin sulfate and other intestinal anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent secondary infection. Pay attention to control the dosage, and do not feed too much at one time.
