Dog diarrhea is mainly caused by canine parvovirus, bacteria, food allergies, parasites, etc. Enteritis and colitis diarrhea are the most common.

Causes of dog diarrhea

1. The dog has a cold: So please pay attention. Now you need to keep the dog warm and pay attention to the temperature in the house. Do not let the dog enter the air-conditioned room at will, so that the dog has a moderate environment.

2. Overeating: Especially for large dogs, if the dog eats too much and does not digest it, it will also cause diarrhea and vomiting. So don’t pet your dog too much, or you may cause problems if you pet it. Don’t feed it so much, otherwise indigestion will be more troublesome.

3. Food poisoning: eating something you shouldn’t eat, such as too much animal liver, chocolate or grapes, chicken bones, etc.

4. Eating human food: One is that the food is too oily, too salty, or contains a large amount of onions and garlic used in the pot, which are prohibited for dogs to eat.

5. Dirty drinking water: Dirty drinking water for dogs can also cause diarrhea or drinking water that is too cold. Give your dog clean water to drink.

6. Gastrointestinal problems such as gastroenteritis and indigestion: Dogs with poor gastrointestinal problems are prone to picky eaters. In severe cases, diarrhea and vomiting may occur. The best way is to restore the dog through conditioning and eat some probiotics. Every dog Dogs’ situations are different, so we use dog probiotics to treat them. Some dogs recover in a week, and some in a few days. It depends on the situation. You can just feed your dog 2-3 small packets of probiotics every day. .

7. Infectious diseases: diarrhea in the early stage, accompanied by vomiting. Loss of appetite and energy, vomiting of the gastric mucosa, and watery excrement in the mid-term. In the later stage, the vomitus becomes more viscous, the excrement has a foul smell, and irregular urinary and fecal incontinence occurs. We have no choice but to see a doctor.

Dog diarrhea symptoms

1. Diarrhea caused by food allergy: the stool is yellow or yellow-green, formed or soft, and mixed with undigested food.

2. Parasitic diarrhea: Dogs become emaciated, mainly puppies aged 3-4 months. The initial diarrhea alternates with normal feces, and then mainly loose stools. Coccidia and hookworm diarrhea cause bloody stools.

3. Non-inflammatory colonic diarrhea: Sometimes the stool is soft and sometimes normal. Normal stool and loose stool may alternate in the same bowel movement. It is more common in large dogs and has a long course of disease, but there are no other abnormal symptoms.

4. Canine parvovirus enteritis: The sick dog vomits, passes bloody stools, has a fishy odor, has an elevated body temperature, and refuses to eat.

Diagnosis of dog diarrhea

Stool examination can detect occult blood and eggs, and can also perform rapid parvovirus testing.Diagnostic testing and bacterial staining.

Treatment of dog diarrhea

For diarrhea caused by food allergies, you can increase nutrition and change foods, such as eating hypoallergenic dog food. Bacterial diarrhea can be treated with oral gentamicin (40,000-80,000 IU/time, 2 times/day). The treatment of parvovirus diarrhea is mainly symptomatic therapy and supportive therapy. Clinically, you can refer to the following prescriptions: compound normal saline, glucose injection, gentamicin or anthrafloxacin injection, ribavirin, vitamin C, and dexamethasone

Mizon et al. Subcutaneous injection of hyperimmune serum, 1--2ML/KG body weight. Antiviral herbal decoctions can be taken orally or rectally. To stop diarrhea, take Vicondi (0.5-2 capsules/time, 2 times/day). Use ATP and Coenzyme A simultaneously with antiemetic and hemostatic treatment for puppies. Parasitic diarrhea should be dewormed and anti-inflammatory. To reduce inflammation in chronic colonic diarrhea, sulfasalazine (40-60 MG/KGBW. day, taken orally in 4-6 times), tylosin and metronidazole (20-50 MG/KGBW. day, taken orally) can be used.