When a Border Collie is sick, there will be some symptoms for you to know and understand. These symptoms may be easily ignored by you, so friends who raise Border Collies need to be very careful, and different manifestations mean different symptoms, so when you find that the Border Collie is sick or the Border Collie is infected What will happen to the virus? Follow the editor to learn together!

What happens if a Border Collie is infected with the virus?

1. Canine distemper mainly harms puppies

Canine distemper mainly harms Border Collie puppies. The pathogen is canine distemper virus. Sick dogs are characterized by biphasic fever, rhinitis, severe digestive tract disorders and respiratory inflammation. Encephalitis may occur in a few cases.

The source of infection and symptoms of canine distemper: various secretions and excretions of sick Border Collie dogs. For example: nasal juice, saliva, tears, pericardial fluid, pleural effusion, ascites and urine, as well as blood, cerebrospinal fluid, lymph nodes, liver, spleen, spinal cord and other organs contain a large amount of viruses, and can travel with respiratory secretions and urine. Detoxify the outside world. Respiratory or digestive tract infection occurs when healthy dogs come into direct contact with sick dogs or through contaminated air or food. In addition to puppies being the most susceptible, foxes and minks among fur animals are also very susceptible to canine distemper.

2. Rabies

Rabies can be infected by humans and various animals, and its pathogen is the rabies virus. Rabies virus mainly exists in the brain tissue and spinal cord of sick animals. There are also large amounts of viruses in the salivary glands and saliva of sick dogs, and they are excreted out of the body with the saliva.

The source of infection and symptoms of rabies: Border collie dogs mainly show mania and confusion, attack people and animals, and finally become paralyzed and die, so they are also called rabies. The saliva of sick Border Collie dogs can contain viruses from 10 to 15 days before clinical symptoms appear, to 6 to 7 months after the symptoms disappear. Therefore, when the animals are bitten by sick animals, they can become infected. The saliva of some seemingly healthy dogs and cats can also contain viruses. When they lick people or other animals, or live with people, they can also infect people. In addition, many wild animals, such as wolves, foxes, deer, bats, etc., can not only become sick and die after being infected with this disease, but can also spread the disease. For example, some species of bats, after being infected with rabies virus, often attack humans and animals, causing them to become infected. Air contaminated by respiratory secretions and urine can also cause respiratory infections in humans and animals. Wild animals can become infected through their digestive tract by eating diseased carcasses. It can be seen that the infection route of rabies is not just through bites as thought in the past.

3. Canine parvovirus

Disease is an acute infectious disease in Border Collies. Clinically, sick dogs are mostly characterized by hemorrhagic enteritis or non-suppurative myocarditis. Sometimes the infection rate can be as high as 100%, and the fatality rate is 10 to 50%. The People's Liberation Army Veterinary University was first isolated in Changchun area in 1982.This virus has confirmed the existence of this disease in our country. Canine, feline and mink parvoviruses have certain antigenic relatedness.

The source of infection and symptoms of canine parvovirus: Border collie sick dogs are the main source of infection of this disease. The feces, urine, vomitus and saliva of sick dogs have the highest toxic content. Sick dogs continue to excrete toxins and infect other healthy dogs. The feces of recovered dogs carry poison for a long time. Therefore, once the disease occurs in a group of dogs, it is extremely difficult to completely eliminate it. In addition to dogs, wolves, foxes, and raccoons can also be naturally infected. The disease is mainly contracted through direct or indirect contact. Canine parvovirus is highly resistant to external factors and can survive at 60 degrees Celsius for 1 hour and 80 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes.