What are the symptoms of parvovirus in Jack Russell Terriers? Parvovirus in dogs is a very serious disease. How to treat a Jack Russell Terrier if it gets parvovirus? Everyone needs to be sent to the pet hospital for treatment in time.

Jack Russell Terrier Parvovirus Symptoms and Treatment:

The clinical symptoms of canine parvovirus are enteritis type and myocardial type:

Dogs with enteritis are initially depressed, anorexic, occasionally have fever, soft stools or mild vomiting, and then develop into frequent vomiting and severe diarrhea. At first, the feces will be gray, yellow or milky white with jelly-like mucus, and then there will be foul-smelling soy sauce or tomato juice-like bloody stools. The sick dog suffered rapid dehydration, weight loss, sunken eye sockets, messy coat, inelastic skin, cold ears, nose, and limbs, severe depression, shock, and death. The symptoms from mild to severe at the beginning of the disease generally do not exceed 2 days, and the entire course of the disease generally does not exceed a week. There are three main types of enteritis in puppies: ① infectious enteritis; ② parasitic enteritis; ③ food-induced gastroenteritis. When the patient is seriously ill, tomato-like bloody stool will erupt from the anus, which is very fishy. Eventually, sick puppies die from dehydration, secondary bacterial infection, and myocarditis. After puppies suffer from parvovirus enteritis, treatment includes intravenous rehydration, antidiarrheal, hemostasis, anti-inflammation, antiemetic and injection of canine parvovirus monoclonal antibody (based on the canine parvovirus monoclonal antibody developed by Comrade Tian Kegong of the Experimental Animal Center of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences). method with the best clinical efficacy).

Dogs with cardiomyopathy often have no aura symptoms, or only show mild diarrhea, followed by sudden weakness, groaning, cyanosis of the mucous membrane, extremely difficult breathing, fast and weak pulse, and murmur on heart auscultation, often suddenly within a few hours (possibly due to Acute respiratory depression), the autopsy showed cardiac dilation, pale streaks on the myocardium, and gross signs of congestive heart failure.

Treatment of canine parvovirus

For dog parvovirus, the commonly used clinical prescriptions are normal saline or 5% to 10% glucose solution 20 to 50 ml/kg body weight, ampicillin 5 to 10 ml/kg body weight, and Qianerxin 0.5 to 2.0 ml/time. , Vitamin C 100 ml/kg body weight, vitamin K 35-10 ml/kg body weight, dexamethasone 2-5 mg/time, mix once for intravenous injection, 1-2 times a day, and at the same time intravenously inject 50 ml of 5% sodium bicarbonate injection /kg of body weight, 1 to 2 times/day, Amore 1 to 4 ml, intramuscular injection 3 to 6 times/day, Vidicon 0.2 mg/kg of body weight orally or via enema, which has a good effect. Those who have the desire to drink can be given a sufficient amount of oral rehydration salt solution and can drink freely. Those who have no desire to drink can be given by gavage. The formula of the oral rehydration salt solution is: 3.5 grams of sodium chloride, 2.5 grams of sodium bicarbonate, and 1.5 grams of potassium chloride. grams, 20 grams of glucose, 1000 ml of water. In order to supplement nutrition, 25% to 50% glucose solution, amino acids or plasma and albumin can be injected intravenously. Dexamethasone and anisodamine (654-2) solution can be applied intravenously or intramuscularly in large doses.shoot.

To expel intestinal contents as quickly as possible, an enema can be performed. Generally, 0.05% to 0.1% potassium permanganate solution is used for enema, or oral rehydration salt solution is used for enema first, and finally oral saline solution plus antibacterial drugs or antiviral drugs are used for retention enema. Normal saline or compound physiological saline can also be used. Saline, lactated Ringer's solution enema. There is currently a canine parvovirus hyperimmune serum and fox raccoon dog blood antibody on the market (Guoco High-tech), which you can try. During treatment, use Fructus Hematospermum (0.1ml/kg) combined with Fructus Fructus Cephalosporin (10-20mg) for intramuscular or intravenous injection, once/day, for 3 to 5 days. The amount of fluid rehydration is based on the weight of the sick dog. From mild to severe dehydration, the infusion is generally 50-80 ml per kilogram of body weight.