Symptoms of canine infectious hepatitis

1. The initial symptoms are very similar to canine distemper. The sick dog was depressed, had a loss of appetite, had obvious symptoms of thirst, and even had its two forelimbs immersed in water and drank heavily.

2. The body temperature of sick dogs rises to more than 40 degrees Celsius and lasts for 4-6 days.

3. Vomiting and diarrhea are common, and most sick dogs have pain in the xiphoid cartilage.

4. 7-10 days after the acute symptoms disappear, the cornea of ​​some dogs becomes cloudy and appears white or bluish-white, which is called hepatitis blue eye. It disappears after a few days.

5. There are bleeding spots on the gums. Although the disease is called hepatitis, jaundice rarely occurs. If there is no secondary infection, it usually returns to normal within a few days.

Treatment of infectious hepatitis in dogs

1. Use infectious hepatitis hyperimmune serum for treatment. Use infectious hepatitis hyperimmune serum in the early stage of infectious hepatitis in dogs. Treatment can make a big difference.

2. Carry out hepatoprotective treatment, intramuscularly inject Hepatalex once a day, vitamin C and coenzyme A for 3 consecutive days. If the symptoms are not relieved, you need to inject for another two days for observation.

3. Carry out anti-viral treatment and inject interferon, polysaccharide, ribavirin and other drugs into the sick dog’s muscles to resist viral invasion.

4. Strictly control secondary infections and inject ampicillin and kanamycin intramuscularly into sick dogs to control further infections.

5. If a sick dog develops jaundice, glucose solution needs to be injected intravenously and 20-40ml of Kuhuang Injection can be added to control jaundice. There is no need for injection for sick dogs without jaundice.

6. For dogs suffering from keratitis, Langduoqing eye drops can be used for targeted treatment.