Symptoms and treatment of gastroenteritis in St. Bernard dogs

St. Bernard gastroenteritis symptoms:

1. Gastritis is mainly manifested as depression, loss of appetite, and frequent vomiting. The vomit is often mixed with blood, the desire to drink is hyperactive, and vomiting occurs after drinking a lot of water. St. Bernards with severe vomiting, which can lead to dehydration. The abdominal wall was tense on palpation, and there was obvious tenderness response.

2. Enteritis mainly manifests as severe abdominal pain. At the beginning of the disease, intestinal peristalsis is hyperactive, accompanied by severe diarrhea with tenesmus, and the stool is mixed with mucus and blood. In the later stage, the abdomen is muddy and the stool is foul-smelling, and the dog suffers from loose anus and incontinence of defecation. The body temperature reaches 40-41°C or drops below normal temperature. Visible mucous membrane cyanosis, eyeball sunken. When the condition worsens, the extremities become extremely cold, the abdominal pain lessens, and finally falls into lethargy, convulsions and death.

Prevention and treatment of gastroenteritis in St. Bernard dogs:

1. For dogs with simple gastroenteritis, feeding and management should be strengthened. At the beginning of the disease, you should fast and limit drinking water, and then give a small amount of gravy or vegetable soup first, and then gradually increase your food intake.

2. In the early stage of the disease, in order to get rid of the contents of the stomach, you can inject 5-10 mg of apomorphine hydrochloride subcutaneously, or dilute 0.1-0.5 mg of sulfuric acid into an 11% solution for enema, etc. For dogs with persistent diarrhea, 0.5 to 1.0 grams of protein tannin or 0.2 to 0.6 grams of hyponitrate can be taken orally, 2 or 3 times a day.

3. For St. Bernard dogs with obvious dehydration, intravenous infusion of lactated Ringer's solution, or mixed infusion of Ringer's solution and 5% glucose solution. Add sodium bicarbonate, vitamin C, vitamin B and vitamin K at the same time.

4. Toxic gastroenteritis should focus on detoxification. For infectious gastroenteritis, use antiserum and symptomatic and maintenance therapy. Parasitic gastroenteritis, mainly to deworming. Supplemented by symptomatic and supportive therapy.