Plague in dogs: symptoms, signs, treatment. Is the plague transmitted from a dog to a person, another dog, a cat?

The plague in dogs is a dangerous viral disease that is treated in the early stages. If you identify the first symptoms and consult a veterinarian in a timely manner, a sick animal can be saved.

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What is a dog in the house? This is happiness from communicating with a four -legged friend, joint walks, eternal devotion and fidelity that the dog gives
The most important thing is that the dog remains healthy. But this does not always happen: our pets, especially young, are subject to many diseases
One of the most serious is a dog plague or, as it is customary to call it by the people, a plague

How does the plague show - symptoms?

The plague is a very ancient disease mentioned in the works of Aristotle. Only in 1905, the French scientist Carre managed to establish the causative agent of the disease - filter virus.

Important: dog plague - a viral disease with a varying incubation period - from three days to three weeks from the moment of infection. The animal still seems healthy, but is already contagious.

The virus makes itself felt gradually: the dog begins to get bored, get tired, loses its appetite and the disease enters the first stage of development.

Such a manifestation of the disease, if it is diagnosed in time, is quickly treated and in 90% of cases the dog recovers.

Important: if the owner of the dog ignored or did not notice changes in the behavior of his pet, the plague develops and smoothly goes into the next stage.

At the next stage of the development of the disease, an increase in temperature occurs, discharge from the conjunctiva of the eyes and nasal mucosa begins, diarrhea is possible, the wool acquires a groomed look, can fall out, exposing the skin, the animal does not eat, but drinks a lot, clogs into the darkest angle.

After some time, the hind limbs are paralyzed, and then the respiratory tract and death occurs.

Depending on the hearth of the virus, the plague is divided into:

pulmonary
intestinal
skin
nervous

Important: it is noteworthy that in its pure form none of the forms are present, so the above clinical characteristics are almost the same for all varieties of the virus.

The course of the course of the disease is different and depends on many factors:

with a lightning -fast version of the clinic, the disease is practically absent, and the animal dies within a day
a high-rise form is characterized by high temperature, refusal of food, coma and death of the animal for 2-3 days
with an acute form, all of the indicated symptoms are observed and with the proper treatment of 30% of the pets survives. However, the body of the ill animal can no longer function as before: problems with hearing, vision, smell appear, are characterized by nervous and mental disorders
in the chronic form of the plague that lasts for months, there is a gradual “extinction” of the animal, with the manifested outbreaks of the clinical characteristics of the disease, which ultimately leads to the death

The terrible virus does not spare a single animal organ, but the nervous system suffers most: the dog shakes and jerks its paws, it has seizures, often paralyzes the whole body.

Is the plague transmitted from dog to dog?

A homemade pet can become infected with a plague anywhere and as you like, since the causative agent of the disease belongs to the family of viruses spreading with airborne droplets.

Important: if a healthy animal is closely in contact with the infected - he plays, eats and drinks from one bowl, sniffs bowel movements - the plague is guaranteed to him.

Even the owner of the pet, having walked in the places of walking of a sick dog, can bring a virus on his clothes or shoes. In most cases, infection occurs through the ears, mouth, nose. The causative agent, entering the body, affects the blood and tissues of the animal.

Is the plague transmitted from dog to person?

If the pet is sick, he needs the help of the owner who can safely care for an infected dog, since the causative agent of a dog plague is not transmitted to a person.

Important: you need to know that this virus is very stable in the external environment, and in order not to bring it into a house with a healthy animal, you need to process clothes and shoes with an ether or chloroform.

Is the plague transmitted from the dog to the cat?

Not cats loved by many people can also hurt a plague. But they are not infected by it from dogs, that is, interference is excluded.

The causative agent panlycopenia (plague) in cats is parvovirus. So, if two types of pets live at home, they will not be able to infect each other with a plague.

How to treat a plague in a dog?

The sooner the treatment of a sick animal began, the more chances for a favorable outcome
The most dangerous of the symptoms is the lesion of the central nervous system, so therapy should be comprehensive, aimed at individual clinical manifestations of the disease
The use of etiotropic therapy will help influence the pathogen. For the manufacture of serum, antibodies of already overgrown dogs are used, as they give the most powerful therapeutic effect
Domestic veterinary medicine relies on companies "Biocenter", "Narvak" Or foreign analogues "Merial", "Biootet"
Dose of introduced serum for dogs with mass less than 5 kg It is 2ml, a more than 5 kg – 5ml. If necessary, the procedure repeats in the same dosage in a day. However, this is not a panacea, and the introduction of serum is effective only at the initial stage of the disease

Important: that during the illness, the dog’s immune system works at the proper level, it must be maintained using immunostimulants containing interferon, which suppresses the vital activity of the virus.

It is also necessary to compensate for the lack of B vitamins and calcium in the body of the pet by administering the corresponding drugs.

Important: the use of antibiotics aimed at reducing the body temperature of a sick animal is also appropriate. Their choice depends on the symptoms of the disease.

If the dog is coughing, then it is necessary to help its body remove sputum from the lungs by using expectorants: mucaltin, bromhexine, etc.
To treat the eyes, use various drops and ointments with the content of antimicrobial and anti -inflammatory substances. Rinse and clean suppuration regularly in front of the dog's eyes
This can be done with freshly brewed black tea, a 1 % bournium acid solution

Plague vaccination for dogs

So that the four -legged friend of the family does not get sick with a dog plague, it is necessary to instill it. Vaccination is carried out at the age of one to one and a half months.

Some veterinarians believe that antibodies obtained from the mother are preserved in the blood for up to three months, so puppies need to be vaccinated at this age.

Important: the main thing is that in the post -cicinating period the puppy for at least two weeks, and better than the month, did not contact other dogs, and potential variables of the virus did not come to the house.

The next vaccination is done at 6 months, and after that - once a year.

Important: only healthy animals can be vaccinated, after cleaning the body from worms and fleas.

The vaccine for instilling in both domestic and imported production should be purchased in specialized clinics
In most cases, this is a irregular drug ( "Nobivak", "Tetradog" etc.), designed to develop immunity from several common diseases
Such vaccinations with dogs are very easily tolerated, and for the animal’s body accept the immune shaggy once by acceptance

Can a vaccinated dog get a plague?

If the owners of the dog are responsible, they instill their pet in time, he will not get sick. This does not mean that the animal does not catch the plague virus, it is simply hardly noticeable: since antibodies are present in the blood of the animal, the body will cope with the disease without any problems.

Important: there are times when the puppy is infected, but clinically, the disease has not yet managed to appear, and at the same time the owners instilled a small pet. In 99% of cases, this leads to the death of the animal.

If the puppy some time after vaccination, when the immunity has not yet managed to form, grabbed the virus, then the position is also very difficult and can lead to death.

Important: no vaccination provides 100% guarantee. She just helps to cope with the virus painlessly.

Folk treatment of plague in dogs at home

At the first symptoms of the disease, you must definitely contact the veterinarian. After passing all the necessary tests, the doctor in symptoms will prescribe the necessary treatment. If it is possible to cure a pet at home, the veterinarian will certainly notify the owner of the animal.

Important: but in no case should you independently treat the plague in the dog with folk remedies - it will not help and lead to the death of the animal.

You can add some herbal decoctions to the main therapy determined by the veterinarian:

In order to reduce the level of intoxication, you can use decoction chamomile or St. John's wort
As a sedative, so that the pathology of the nervous system does not develop, it is possible to use Decoction of motherwort

To this you need to add the correctly compiled diet and the tireless care of the owner.

Such folk methods will benefit the pet.

Treatment of plague in dogs with vodka

Almost all veterinarians are unambiguously against the treatment of the dog plague virus with vodka, since, in their opinion, this will inevitably lead the dog to death.

However, some dog breeders use a vodka cocktail as therapy: 100 ml of vodka, one raw egg, one teaspoon of honey is thoroughly mixed and the dog is soldered with this solution.

Important: this method is relevant only at the very beginning of the development of the disease, and if the dog has good immunity.

For the health of the home dog, its owner is completely responsible. Therefore, in order to avoid health problems, he is obliged to instill his pet from dangerous diseases and exclude his contact with strangers.