Symptoms and treatment of canine pneumonia

1. Initial symptoms of acute bronchitis include 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.

4. 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 consecutive days -7th.

5. Tetracycline 10-15 mg/kg body weight, dissolved in 5% glucose, intravenously injected, 2 times/day. Or cephalosporin 56 mg/kg body weight, dexamethasone 0.2 mg/kg body weight, mixed intramuscular injection, 2 times/day.

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

7. Fatan antitussive, ammonium chloride 50 mg/kg body weight, Kebiqing 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.

8. When you have difficulty breathing and heart failure, take ephedrine orally. 5-15 mg each time. Aminophylline, 10 mg per kilogram of body weight, administered or intravenously, once every 8 hours. For those with difficulty breathing causing hypoxia, oxygen inhalation should be given. For those with anorexia, intravenous injections are given to replenish body fluids and nutrients.