What are the manifestations of dog filariasis

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Symptoms of dog filariasis:

1. The earliest symptom is chronic cough, but there are no other symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, which is aggravated during exercise, or the sick dog is prone to fatigue during exercise.

2. With the development of the disease, there will be pain on palpation of the liver area and hepatomegaly. Chest, ascites, body edema, weight loss, abdominal growth.

3. Sick dogs are often accompanied by nodular skin disease, which is characterized by itching and multiple focal nodules prone to ulceration. Skin nodules are pyogenic granulomatous inflammation of the vascular center.

4. If the dog has been infected for a long time without treatment, the dog will have symptoms of heart disease, such as palpitations, heart murmurs, and dyspnea.

5. In the final stage of filariasis infection, the dog will eventually die due to general weakness or collapse during exercise.

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