Symptoms and treatment of enteritis in dogs

Jan 26,2024
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Symptoms of dog enteritis:

1. Diarrhea is the main symptom of dog enteritis, which appears in the early stages of the disease. The feces is liquid and has a foul odor, and in the later stages it is often mixed with mucus, blood, foam, etc.

2. During auscultation of the abdomen, you can hear increased intestinal peristaltic sounds or thunderous sounds, tense abdomen, and curved back.

3. When inflammation spreads to the front of the duodenum or stomach, sick dogs often vomit.

4. When a sick dog shows symptoms of tenesmus (that is, the dog has discomfort in the lower abdomen and wants to defecate, but cannot defecate quickly), it means that the inflammation has spread to the colon. When bleeding occurs in the small intestine, the feces will be dark green or black.

5. Sick dogs have mild or moderate fever. If infected with bacteria, the body temperature can be as high as 39-39.5 degrees Celsius.

6. As the disease progresses, sick dogs may show symptoms of dehydration and acidosis. At this time, the sick dog often lies on the ground, the skin lacks elasticity, the eyeballs are sunken, the conjunctiva is cyanotic, the dog is highly dehydrated, the urine output is reduced, and in severe cases, it may cause coma or death from autotoxicity.

How to deal with dog enteritis:

1. First, fast the dog for 1-2 days. In order to prevent dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, the sick dog should be given an infusion. , Ringer's solution can be infused intravenously, or lactate compound sodium chloride solution can be infused intravenously.

2. To cleanse the gastrointestinal tract, laxatives (such as sodium sulfate, artificial salt) should be taken orally in appropriate amounts.

3. To reduce inflammation and relieve diarrhea, use 0.1 to 0.5 grams of berberine, taken orally 3 times a day. Among the antibiotics, chlortetracycline, oxytetracycline or chloramphenicol can be used. For non-bacterial enteritis, when the accumulated feces has been basically eliminated and the feces has no sour smell, but still has severe diarrhea, astringent drugs should be given to stop diarrhea, such as activated charcoal.

4. If there are bleeding symptoms, hemostatic measures should be taken. Hemostatic sensitivity can be injected intramuscularly.

5. Antiemetic, metoclopramide, 1~2 mg/kg body weight, intramuscular injection, 2 times/day.

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