Many dog ​​parents know that canine distemper is a fatal disease for dogs, with high mortality and high infection rate. They are repulsive to the fact that their beloved dogs may be infected with canine distemper. They would rather believe that the dog is suffering from canine distemper. The environment or the dog just has a small cold. As everyone knows, whether we are willing to accept it or not, it is a fact that sometimes dogs get canine distemper. It also often happens that a dog catches a cold, but when he goes to the hospital, the doctor says it is canine distemper. As a result, the dog spends hundreds or even thousands of dollars and is cured by taking a few packets of isatis root at home. So how to distinguish whether a dog has a cold or canine distemper?

The difference between cold and canine distemper

​Cause

Cold: temperature changes, bacterial and viral infections

Canine distemper: caused by canine distemper virus

Canine distemper is caused by the canine distemper virus, while colds are caused by sudden cold exposure. Secondly, analysis from the cure rate: Canine distemper is a disease with a low cure rate, high mortality and strong contagiousness. And colds are easy to cure.

​Susceptible dogs

Cold: It occurs in both young and adult dogs, mostly during periods of temperature changes

Canine Distemper: Common and Unimmunized Puppies

​Symptoms

Cold: clear nasal discharge, sneezing, coughing, tears in some sick dogs, and flushing of the conjunctiva. Increased body temperature, depression, decreased appetite, and the rectal temperature can exceed 40°C.

Canine distemper: listlessness, moistness around the eyes, a large amount of purulent eye droppings, cough, pus-like nasal mucus, accelerated breathing, two-way fever as the body temperature rises, and thickened foot pads

Canine distemper has an incubation period, usually 3 to 7 days. If the early symptoms of canine distemper are respiratory, they are similar to those of a cold. However, after canine distemper is diagnosed, the body temperature becomes biphasic, which means that the disease The initial body temperature rises to about 40°C, which lasts for 1 to 2 days and then drops to normal. After 2 to 3 days, the body temperature rises again. The sick dog coughs, sneezes, serous to purulent nasal juice, and the nose is dry; the eyelids are swollen and purulent. Conjunctivitis, corneal ulcers often occur in the later stages; large red spots, edema, and purulent papules appear on the skin of the lower abdomen and medial thigh; vomiting and diarrhea are common, and neurological symptoms such as convulsions may occur in the later stages, which are not seen with a cold. Symptoms of a cold include poor mental health and decreased appetite. The tips of the ears and nose feel cool, while the roots of the ears and the inner side of the thighs are very hot; the conjunctiva is flushed or slightly swollen, with tears; cough, serous nasal discharge; rapid breathing, and elevated body temperature, usually above 39 to 40°C, often Shivering with chills.

Four major symptoms of canine distemper

Respiratory type: cough, sneezing, purulentNasal discharge, dry and cracked nose mirror; swelling of eyelids, purulent eye secretions, thickening and hardening of foot pads, and elevated body temperature.

Skin type: There are rice-grained red spots, edema and purulent papules on the skin of the lower abdomen and medial thigh

Gastrointestinal type: vomiting, diarrhea, foul-smelling feces, sometimes mixed with blood and bubbles.

Nervous type: In mild cases, the lips and eyelids may twitch locally, in severe cases, salivation may occur, or the person may turn in circles, collide, foam at the mouth, lock teeth, fall to the ground and twitch, presenting as an epileptic seizure.

​Note:

When encountering suspected canine distemper, first purchase a canine distemper test paper for testing. Judge based on symptoms and whether the test paper is positive