How to deal with a dog's cold Dog's cold, commonly known as common cold, is an acute and systemic disease with inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. It is often characterized by fever, runny nose, excessive tears and cough, and often occurs in changeable seasons, such as spring. 1, symptoms of sick dogs first frequently shed clear tears, and then sneezed and coughed. At this time, some sick dogs shed tears, and the conjunctiva was flushed and slightly swollen. The sick dog's body temperature will soon rise, and his spirit will be depressed, he will shudder with aversion to cold, his appetite will drop or even disappear. The anal temperature can exceed 40℃, while the skin on his ears, nose tip and even back will be cold, but his inner thigh and belly will feel hot. Auscultation can detect enhanced heart sounds, accelerated heartbeat, rough breathing sounds, and some can hear blisters in the lungs. Adult dogs with good physique can often heal themselves after improving the feeding and heat preservation conditions, but puppies and emaciated young dogs can die of secondary pneumonia, myocarditis or other serious complications if they are not treated in time. 2. The diagnosis is based on the cough, runny nose and uneven skin temperature of the sick dog, combined with the history of sudden cold. It should be noted that some infectious diseases, such as canine distemper and canine infectious bronchitis, also have upper respiratory tract inflammation or elevated body temperature, which should be distinguished by combining other characteristics of these diseases. As for the symptoms of influenza, they are very similar to the superficial symptoms of common cold, but the former is caused by virus, which is not as closely related to the weather change as the latter. The symptoms are more acute and the treatment effect is poor. Fortunately, dogs suffer from influenza less. 3. The main therapeutic principles are antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and anti-concurrent infection. (1) antipyretic and anti-inflammatory. The normal body temperature of dogs does not exceed 39℃, and antipyretic and analgesic drugs can be used when the body temperature of dogs with cold exceeds 40℃ and chills occur. Antongding is commonly used, and 0.5 ~ 2 ml is injected subcutaneously or intramuscularly according to individual size. Do not overdo this medicine, otherwise it will easily cause collapse. Traditional Chinese medicine can be Bupleurum injection, which has good curative effect and little side effects. For sick dogs with little temperature rise, it is not necessary to inject antipyretics, but to take human cold medicine orally, with the dosage of1/4 ~1/2 for adults. For sick dogs with runny nose and sneezing, about 0.5 ml (5 mg) of chlorpheniramine can be injected subcutaneously. Dogs with thick breathing sound, blisters or severe cough can be injected with 2~5 mg dexamethasone intramuscularly. (2) Anti-concurrent infection. Penicillin is the first choice, with 400,000-800,000 units of intramuscular injection twice a day. Other antibacterial drugs such as kanamycin, cephalosporin, ciprofloxacin and ofloxacin can be selected, but it is best to use injection, which has high curative effect and is not as easy to cause vomiting as oral antibacterial drugs. (3) Strengthen nursing. Move the sick dog to a warm and windproof kennel, strengthen nutrition and feed it with easy-to-digest thin food. Critical cases should be treated by infusion, and penicillin, dexamethasone and vitamin C can be added to10% glucose solution for intravenous drip. It should be pointed out that there are many kinds of cold medicines for people, and their functions are different. Before giving them to dogs, you must read the analysis instructions carefully and prescribe the right medicine. 4, prevention must first improve the conditions of kennels to prevent cold wind and cold rain. The kennel floor should be dry, and cold resistance and heat preservation should be made in advance when the cold current comes. Secondly, it is necessary to strengthen the dog's physique. Besides paying attention to the quality of feed, dogs should have proper exercise and certain sunshine exposure, which is particularly important in cold seasons. Some meat dog farms keep meat dogs chained in dark places and feed them with hypnotics or anesthetics for fattening. This not only reduces the disease resistance of meat dogs, but also affects the flavor quality of dog meat. In spring, the climate and weather conditions change frequently, sometimes cold and sometimes hot, and if you don't pay attention, it will easily lead to dogs suffering from colds. Because colds can easily lead to other more serious diseases, such as rhinitis, bronchitis, pneumonia and even canine distemper, it is very important to prevent colds and treat them effectively at the early stage of onset. There are two causes of cold in dogs. One is viral cold caused by virus; The second is a common cold caused by sudden temperature change and lack of heat preservation measures. The common symptoms are rising body temperature, shivering with cold, inability to open eyes with shame, runny nose and sneezing, scratching nose with front paws and coughing. The onset of cold in dogs lasts from a few weeks to a month or two, and puppies, dogs with malnutrition and low disease resistance are particularly prone to catch cold. Therefore, the prevention and treatment of colds mainly starts with strengthening the dog's physique. Usually, it is necessary to ensure the nutritional components of the dog's food, let the dog do more running exercises, and enhance the dog's physical fitness. The other is to pay attention to the dog's heat preservation when the climate is changeable, to prevent cold and rain. The kennel must be placed in a warmer place at home, avoiding through flow. Dogs are not difficult to treat after catching a cold. Generally, experienced owners can treat them with sulfonamides and use appropriate antibiotics to prevent complications when necessary. Owners who have severe cold symptoms or have no handling experience must send their dogs to the pet hospital for treatment in time to prevent other complications. How to tell whether a dog has a cold or not is not difficult to tell, but it is sometimes confused. There are two kinds of dog colds, one is usually in early spring, late autumn and sudden climate change. Most of the causes are due to sudden cold stimulation, such as being attacked by thieves in winter or through flow when sleeping indoors, sleeping outdoors in cold season, being caught in the rain, not drying the hair in time after bathing the dog, and so on. The main symptoms of cold are: depressed spirit, loss of appetite or abandonment, conjunctival flushing and tears in eyes. Cough, pus-like nose, accelerated breathing, elevated body temperature, aversion to cold and trembling, and other diseases may be complicated if not treated in time. There is also the flu, which is caused by a virus and is epidemic. Mainly manifested as high fever, in addition to cold symptoms, often accompanied by conjunctivitis and intestinal catarrh. The early symptoms of many infectious diseases in dogs are very similar to those of colds, such as early symptoms of dog fever and early symptoms of parvovirus disease. The symptoms of these diseases are mainly fever, sneezing, tears, runny nose and so on, which are very similar to the symptoms of a cold. Some owners easily confuse dogs with colds, which leads to misdiagnosis and wrong treatment measures, leading to serious consequences of dog death. Fake colds are generally common in the early stages of infectious diseases, and there are actually other special symptoms. When dogs are infected with canine warm virus, their body temperature is generally two-way, high and low, and most sick dogs have symptoms of gum. In the early stage of parvovirus, it is mainly accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea and other main symptoms, and generally vomiting first and then diarrhea. As long as the owner can observe carefully, he can still distinguish and judge. In any case, when the dog has cold symptoms, measures must be taken in time, and inexperienced owners should send the dog to the doctor in time.