What should I do if Shar-Pei dogs have gastroenteritis? What are the symptoms? Do you also want to know why gastroenteritis occurs? Then the editor below will share with you the symptoms and treatment methods of gastroenteritis in Chinese Shar-Pei dogs.

Chinese Shar-Pei gastroenteritis symptoms and treatment methods:

　1. Reason

　(1) Ingestion reasons: If you eat rotten or indigestible food.

(2) Drug-induced abuse of antibiotics disrupts the normal flora of the intestines.

(3) Weakening of gastrointestinal barrier function, such as excessive fatigue or colds.

(4) Complications are often associated with certain infectious diseases (such as canine distemper, canine parvovirus, leptospirosis, etc.) and parasitic diseases (such as hookworm, whipworm, coccidiosis, etc.) Gastroenteritis.

The disease initially showed gastrointestinal catarrhal changes, which gradually worsened as the disease progressed.

(1) Gastritis is mainly characterized by depression, loss of appetite, and frequent vomiting. The vomitus is often mixed with blood, and the patient has an increased desire to drink. Vomiting occurs after drinking a large amount of water. Severe vomiting in Shar-Pei dogs can lead to dehydration. The abdominal wall is tense upon palpation and there is obvious tenderness reaction.

(2) Enteritis mainly manifests as severe abdominal cramps. At the beginning of the disease, intestinal peristalsis is hyperactive, accompanied by tenesmus and severe diarrhea with stools mixed with mucus and blood. In the later stage, the abdomen will be muddy and the feces will be foul-smelling, and the affected dog will have loose anus and defecation incontinence. The body temperature reaches 40~41℃ or drops below normal temperature. Visible mucosal cyanosis and sunken eyeballs. When the condition worsens, the limbs become cold, the abdominal pain decreases, and eventually the person falls into drowsiness, convulsions and dies.

For dogs suffering from simple gastroenteritis, feeding and management should be strengthened. At the beginning of the disease, one should fast and limit drinking water, and then give a small amount of meat juice or vegetable soup, etc., and then gradually increase the food intake.

(1) In the early stage of the disease, in order to eliminate gastric contents, 5-10 mg of apomorphine hydrochloride can be injected subcutaneously, or 0.1-0.5 mg of sulfuric acid can be diluted into an 11% solution for enema, etc. For dogs with persistent diarrhea, 0.5 to 1.0 grams of tannic acid protein or 0.2 to 0.6 grams of hyponitrite can be taken orally, 2 to 3 times a day.

(2) For Shar-Pei dogs that are obviously dehydrated, use lactated Ringer's solution for intravenous infusion, or Ringer's solution mixed with 5% glucose solution for infusion. At the same time, add sodium bicarbonate, vitamin C, vitamin B and vitamin K.

(3) For toxic gastroenteritis, detoxification should be the main treatment; for transmissible gastroenteritis, antiserum and symptomatic and maintenance therapy should be used; for parasitic gastroenteritis, deworming should be the main treatment. Complemented by symptomatic and supportive therapy.