Enteritis is a common digestive tract disease in dogs. Dogs eat unclean, cold or rotten food, as well as irritating drugs or foreign bodies, which cause damage to the intestinal mucosa and inflammation of the deep tissue, which is called enteritis.

Dangers of dog enteritis:

The gastrointestinal tract of dogs is very fragile, especially young dogs. Enteritis has become a common disease for them, and they are prone to vomiting and diarrhea. If not treated in time, it may be life-threatening.

Symptoms of dog enteritis:

Dog enteritisEarly stage:

1. Often lie on your stomach on the cold ground or do the "praying posture" with your elbows and sternum supported on the ground;

2. Depression, decreased appetite, indigestion;

3. Accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea or mucus in the stool.

Later stage of dog enteritis:

1. Symptoms include unsteady walking and occasional foul-smelling bloody stools;

2. Increase in body temperature, even salivation, albuginea and soft menstruation;

3. Severe dehydration may eventually occur and be life-threatening.

Treatment of dog enteritis:

1. Control your diet: At the early stage of the disease, you should pay attention to fasting and water restriction. After getting better, you need to give non-irritating and digestible food, nutritional paste, probiotics, pet intestinal prescription food, etc., and then gradually return to a regular diet.

2. To prevent secondary infection, dogs need to be given antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drugs.

3. Symptomatic treatment: When diarrhea is accompanied by vomiting, antiemetics, such as chlorpromazine, metoclopramide, etc., should be given. If diarrhea persists, you can use probiotics and kaolin. Anemic and weak dogs can receive blood transfusions.

4. Pay attention to deworming: Check whether there are parasites through fecal egg detection before deworming.

Prevent enteritis:

1. Get vaccinated regularly and promptly;

2. Do not give your dog food that is not easy to digest;

3. Regularly deworm.