Husky (details)
Canine distemper is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by canine distemper virus.
If husky dogs get this disease, the mortality rate is extremely high, about 30%-80%.
If your husky has sneezing, runny nose, cough, fever (body temperature can reach above 40°, and it will quickly drop to normal temperature after 2 days), you have to be careful, maybe your husky has canine distemper.
Here are the symptoms of husky distemper and how to treat it.
1. Symptoms of husky distemper Early symptoms of canine distemper If a husky has canine distemper, the early symptoms are mainly cold symptoms and enteritis symptoms.
Sneezing, runny nose, cough, fever (body temperature can reach above 40°, and it will quickly drop to normal temperature after 2 days), eat less food, and mild diarrhea.
Mid-term canine distemper symptoms Husky distemper began to change to the mid-term in 7-14 days, and the body temperature rose for the second time at this time.
Late Canine Distemper Symptoms In the late stage of husky distemper, the body temperature returns to normal (maybe accompanied by a slight fever, about 38.5-39.5 degrees), cough, purulent nasal discharge, eyelid erosion, eyes half-open and half-closed, eyes
Eat less, picky eaters or fasting, diarrhea.
II. Four manifestations of neurological symptoms of canine distemper
1. The husky's mouth opens and closes, or the corners of the mouth, the muscles of the head, or one, two or four legs rhythmically shake.
2. Husky Blind Movement
3. Epilepsy, spasmodic intermittent seizures, involuntary continuous "smacking of the mouth", foaming in the mouth or blood in the saliva, incontinence of urine and bowels, excited and restless after the convulsions, running blindly, and finally unable to lie down and rest.
4. The husky's hind legs are paralyzed or even paralyzed.
Three, canine distemper prevention and control Husky canine distemper, the best way is to regularly immunize and inoculate canine distemper vaccine.
If the husky is unfortunate enough to get canine distemper, the following are some treatment methods: timely isolation and treatment to detect sick dogs in time, early isolation and treatment, and prevention of secondary infection, which are the keys to improving the cure rate and reducing the mortality rate.
In the early stage of the disease, anti-canine distemper hyperimmune serum (or canine five-linked hyperimmune serum) or the recovered dog serum (or whole blood) can be injected intramuscularly or subcutaneously.
At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the disinfection of the kennel.