Rat Terrier Canine Distemper Symptoms and Treatment and Prevention Methods

Symptoms of Distemper in Rat Terriers:

1. If the Rat Terrier suffers from canine distemper, it will mainly show cold symptoms and enteritis symptoms in the early stage. At this time, the dog will sneeze, runny nose, cough, have a fever (the body temperature can reach above 40°C, and quickly drop to normal temperature after 2 days), eat less, and have mild diarrhea.

2. Rat terrier canine distemper begins to turn into the middle stage after 7 to 14 days. At this time, the body temperature rises for the second time, generally above 40°C. At this time, the effect of any antipyretic drugs is not obvious, and lasts for 7 to 12 days. Days, accompanied by loss of appetite, serous nasal discharge, dry cough, rapid breathing, red, swollen, moist or eroded eyelids.

3. In the late stage of canine distemper in rat terriers, the body temperature returns to normal (maybe accompanied by a slight fever, about 38.5~39.5°C), and the dog will cough, runny nose, eyelid erosion, and lie down Diarrhea, thickened toe pads, skin papules (in some cases, red papules the size of rice grains appeared on the hypogastric region and medial thigh) and neurological symptoms.

Treatment for canine distemper in rat terriers:

1. Go to the hospital in time, the sooner the better.

2. Canine distemper must be eaten. If you are sick and weak, you can use goat milk to soften the dog food to promote digestion. It must be noted that skipping meals for canine distemper is the biggest taboo, and almost half of the treatment is due to eating.

3. It is best to take monoclonal antibody, but after the monoclonal antibody is given, the previous vaccine antibody is useless, and it needs to be injected again after recovery.

Prevention methods for canine distemper in rat terriers:

1. The best way is to immunize regularly and inoculate canine distemper vaccine.

2. Avoid going to places where dogs are densely populated to avoid outbreaks of canine epidemics and infection.

3. The home should be disinfected regularly. It is best for the owner to disinfect in time when returning home from outside. If other dogs in the house are sick, they must be isolated and disinfected immediately.