Symptoms of mastitis in dogs:

1. Acute mastitis: depression, loss of appetite, elevated body temperature, preference to lie on the ground rather than stand up and other systemic symptoms . The affected area also has varying degrees of congestion and redness, breast enlargement, hardening, and symptoms of warmth and pain. The lymph nodes in the breast are swollen, the milk is not discharged smoothly, and lactation is reduced or stopped. The milk is thin at the beginning of the disease, and then becomes whey-like and contains small flocculent pieces. When a sick dog suffers from suppurative mastitis, its milk will be pus-like and contain yellow floc or blood.

2. Chronic mastitis: The systemic symptoms are not obvious, only one or more breast areas become hard, and watery secretions can be produced after strong pressure. When suffering from vesicular mastitis, it is more common in older dogs. If the dog is allergic, hyperplastic vesicles can be palpated during palpation.

How to deal with dog mastitis:

1. Once a female dog is found to have symptoms of mastitis, the puppies should be isolated immediately, the udder should be cleaned and squeezed out For breast milk, express every 2 to 3 hours during the day and every 6 hours at night to reduce breast pressure and relieve pain.
2. The effect of antibiotic injection into the nipple is good. After the female dog expresses her milk, penicillin and streptomycin should be injected into the mammary gland through the milk duct, 1 to 2 times a day. After injecting, pinch the nipple with two fingers and gently rub the breast to spread the medicine as much as possible. Any remaining milk should be expressed before each injection.

3. In the acute stage of inflammation, local cold compress can be applied. In the chronic stage, local hot compress can be used.