Causes of dog pneumonia:

1. Due to colds, unclean air, poor ventilation, overwork, and lack of vitamins in the body, leading to respiratory infections and body resistance. After a period of incubation period, the microorganisms in the respiratory tract or outside the body (Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella and mold, etc.) become ill and the animals are attacked by the virus.

2. Inhalation of irritating gases, soot or ingestion of foreign objects into the lungs.

3. Persistent factors, such as bronchitis, influenza, canine distemper, or parasites, such as paragonimiasis, Toxoplasma gondii, and roundworm larvae, may cause pneumonia.

Symptoms of pneumonia in dogs:

1. The disease initially presents with symptoms of acute bronchitis, including runny nose, dry cough, and bronchial sounds. As the disease progresses, the general condition worsens, the spirit becomes depressed, the appetite decreases or no food is eaten, the body temperature rises to 39.54 degrees, the symptoms are flaccid fever, dyspnea, increased frequency, conjunctival cyanosis, sunken eyeballs, and dehydration.

2. On auscultation of the lungs, the alveolar sounds in the lesion area are weakened, crepitus can be heard, and sounds can be heard in healthy parts.

3. Blood changes, increase in total number of white blood cells and neutrophils, and left nuclear shift. X-ray examination shows that the lung texture is thickened and has flaky shadows.

Methods to prevent dog pneumonia:

1. Maintaining indoor ventilation and air circulation can effectively prevent dog pneumonia.

2. Avoid giving your dog expired, spoiled food or food containing mold.

3. Prevent your dog from swallowing foreign objects or unclean liquids.

4. If your dog suffers from colds, nephritis and other diseases, it needs timely treatment to avoid secondary infections.

5. Pay attention to the clean living environment and clean air of dogs to prevent dogs from living in highly polluted air for a long time.

6. Be careful not to feed your dog any allergic substances in his daily diet.

Treatment methods for dog pneumonia:

1. Penicillin 50,000 units/kg body weight, streptomycin 30,000 units/kg body weight, dexamethasone 0.1- 0.3 mg/kg body weight, mixed and injected intramuscularly, 2 times/day, for 5-7 days.

2. Tetracycline 10-15 mg/kg body weight, dissolved in 5% glucose, intravenously injected twice a day. Or a combination of 56 mg/kg body weight of Shochuangmycin and 0.2 mg/kg of dexamethasone for intramuscular injection twice a day.

3. Supportive therapy, 5% glucose saline 15-30 ml/kg body weight, 5% sodium bicarbonate injection 1-2 ml/kg body weight, mixed intravenous infusion.

4. Fatan antitussive, ammonium chloride 50 mg/kg body weight, coughBiqing 2.5 mg/kg body weight, taken orally 2 times/day. To relieve asthma, aminophylline 10-15 mg/kg body weight can be taken orally 2 times a day.

5. Oral ephedrine should be taken when breathing difficulty or heart failure occurs. 5-15 mg each time. Aminophylline, 10 mg/kg body weight, taken every 8 hours. Hypoxia due to dyspnea should be treated with inhaled oxygen. Anorexia, intravenous injection to replenish body fluids and nutrients.