How to treat diarrhea in Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs? Treatment is definitely not something that can be solved by just one method. There are many ways to solve and deal with it. The causes are diverse, and the right medicine definitely requires a variety of methods. Diverse!

【Cause】

Su Mu’s diarrhea is mainly caused by canine parvovirus, bacteria, food allergies, parasites, etc. Enteritis and colitis diarrhea are the most common.

【Symptoms】

1. Diarrhea caused by food allergy: Feces are yellow or yellow-green, formed or soft, and mixed with undigested food.

2. Parasitic diarrhea: Su Mu loses weight, mainly in puppies aged 3-4 months. The initial diarrhea alternates with normal feces, and then mainly loose stools. Coccidia and hookworm diarrhea cause bloody stools.

3. Non-inflammatory colonic diarrhea: Sometimes the stool is soft and sometimes normal. Normal stool and loose stool may alternate in the same bowel movement. It is more common in large dogs and has a long course of disease, but there are no other abnormal symptoms.

4. Canine parvovirus enteritis: sick Su Mu has vomiting, bloody stools, fishy odor, elevated body temperature, and inability to eat.

【Diagnosis】

Stool examination can detect occult blood and insect eggs, and can also perform rapid diagnostic tests for parvovirus and bacterial staining.

【Treatment】

For diarrhea caused by food allergy, you can increase nutrition and change foods, such as eating hypoallergenic Su Mu grain. Bacterial diarrhea can be treated with oral gentamicin (40,000-80,000 IU/time, 2 times/day). The treatment of parvovirus diarrhea is mainly symptomatic therapy and supportive therapy. Clinically, you can refer to the following prescriptions: compound normal saline, glucose injection, gentamicin or anthrafloxacin injection, ribavirin, vitamin C, dexamethasone, etc. Subcutaneous injection of hyperimmune serum, 1--2ML/KG body weight. Oral or rectal infusion of antiviral Chinese herbal decoction. To stop diarrhea, take Vicondi (0.5-2 capsules/time, 2 times/day). Use ATP and Coenzyme A simultaneously with antiemetic and hemostatic treatment for puppies. Parasitic diarrhea should be dewormed and anti-inflammatory. When treating chronic colonic diarrhea, sulfasalazine (40-60 MG/KGBW. day, taken orally in 4-6 times), tylosin and metronidazole (20-50 MG/KGBW. day, taken orally) can be used.