What are the symptoms of Toxoplasma gondii infection in dogs?

If a dog is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, it will show symptoms such as anorexia, listlessness, weakness, discharge from the eyes and nose, fever, pale membranes, difficulty breathing, and bloody diarrhea. Some more serious dogs may also have severe vomiting, severe fever and other symptoms. There are also some dogs with a chronic form of infection: the dog shows emaciation, anemia, loss of appetite, and sometimes neurological symptoms.

Ways to prevent and treat Toxoplasma infection in dogs:

1. Sulfadiazine, 70~100mg/kg body weight, intramuscularly or orally twice a day. A combination of trimethoprim or pyrimethamine is better.

2. Compound sulfamethoxazole tablets, 70 mg/kg body weight, orally 2 times per kg.

3. Synergistic sulfadiazine-5-methoxine, 60-70 mg per kilogram of body weight, intramuscularly injected once per kilogram. Similar drugs include sulfamethoxazole, sulfamethoxazole, and sulfadimethoxine. It usually takes 3-4 days of continuous medication. At the same time, it should be noted that this drug is only effective against free pathogens such as trophozoites, so it should be treated as early as possible in the early stage of the disease. If your dog doesn't drink much water, check for crystals in your dog's urine, so let your dog drink plenty of water and use the same amount of sodium bicarbonate.

4. Treat seriously ill dogs by rehydration, hemostasis, antidiarrheal, cooling and other methods. During the treatment period, it can supplement nutrition for the dog, regulate the stomach, reduce the intestinal damage caused by Toxoplasma gondii, cause the dog to have diarrhea symptoms, and effectively improve the dog's appetite.

5. Do not feed dogs raw meat or raw animal offal.

6. Disinfect the kennel regularly. Use the glutaraldehyde decabromomethyl solution at the foot of the slope to spray the ground, fences and other places for disinfection, and at the same time reduce odor. In addition, dog food basins and water bowls need high-temperature disinfection.

7. It is also necessary to deworm dogs regularly. If a sick dog is found, it should be treated in isolation, because the dead dog's body needs to be buried or burned.