Bronchitis at dogs represents inflammation of a mucous membrane and also submucous tissue of bronchial tubes. This rather serious illness which significantly affects physical shape and health of an animal and can cause various complications. Therefore it is very important not to start a disease and at the first symptoms of an illness to address the veterinarian that he appointed treatment.
Bronchitis at dogs: reasons
Primary bronchitis at a dog can arise because of cold as a result of long walks at a hard frost and wind, overcoolings of an animal in the course of bathing in a reservoir, long stay in the rain, lying on the crude and cold earth, etc.Also inhalation of gases, to dust, smoke, hot and cold air, deficiency in a forage of a dog of vitamins C contributes to the development of this disease and And. The animal is capable to catch a cold even in house conditions if indoors there is a draft. Secondary bronchitis at a dog can develop owing to and infectious diseases (plague, adenovirus), and noncontagious: laryngitis, tracheitis, pneumonia, pleurisy, hypovitaminosis And, etc. Both sharp, and chronic bronchitis at dogs can arise for the identical reasons. The chronic course of a disease is got as a result of inefficient or wrong treatment of a sharp form.
Bronchitis at dogs: symptoms
At dogs treat bronchitis symptoms: - temperature increase of a body; - slackness; - shiver; - increase of pulse; - short wind; - weak appetite. At bronchitis the animals lie more, their breath is at a loss. At the beginning of a disease at dogs the dry cough, then damp and quite painful is observed. In certain sites easy rigid breath is listened, and subsequently it is observed on all pulmonary field. The dogs sick with bronchitis, have a mucous dense expiration from a nose which then passes into mucopurulent.
First aid at bronchitis
If you suspect bronchitis at the dog, it is necessary to address the veterinarian urgently. It is desirable to cause it on the house. Before arrival of the doctor and for all the time of treatment the animal needs to provide rest. It is necessary to feed a dog sick with bronchitis only with vitamin-rich digestible sterns, also she should give warm plentiful drink. For first-aid treatment and during treatment it is recommended warmly (but not hardly) to wrap up a thorax and a throat of an animal.
Bronchitis at dogs: diagnostics
At a dog it is necessary for definition of the scheme of treatment of bronchitis that the veterinarian made the diagnosis proceeding from a clinical picture of a disease and analyses. Differential diagnostics is made. It is important that the doctor precisely established whether the illness is a complication of any other disease. It is necessary to exclude infectious diseases (Adenovirus, plague) and also invasive (koktsidoz).
Bronchitis at dogs: treatment
It is important to remember that it is impossible to be engaged in self-treatment which is capable not only not to help at all, but also even to do much harm to an animal. The address to the doctor-veterinarian in case of suspicion of bronchitis - an obligatory measure. At bronchitis at dogs the symptomatic treatment is performed - antiexpectorant means, vegetable medicines, such as licorice, alty, coltsfoot are appointed. Good results are yielded by iodine medicines which the zhivotnoma should treat for 2 weeks. For prevention of the accompanying infections and elimination of inflammatory processes to a dog antibiotics which are desirable for selecting from veterinary medicines of new generation are appointed. If the allergy is a cause of illness, antihistaminic medicines, corticosteroids, astmatol, etc. are appointed. It is desirable to minimize time of walking of a dog in the period of a disease or even not to let out an animal on the street. Sick dogs should be placed in the warm and dry room where there are no drafts. Food during treatment has to be easily digested and especially nutritious. It is preferable to give it in the crushed look. At bronchitis liquid porridges, easy soups, puree, broths with the crushed boiled meat, warm milk and other lactic products of room temperature are shown to a dog. At an opportunity to an animal also physiotherapeutic procedures are appointed. There will be effective also a use of immunomodulators, polyvitaminic medicines and vitamins.
Bronchitis at dogs: prevention
Bronchitis for a dog is rather serious illness. Therefore it is the best of all to prevent development of this illness. The complex of all-hygienic actions is important for prevention of bronchitis at an animal. Not to allow development of bronchitis, hardening of a dog is recommended. Besides, the pet needs to provide good food, contents in the warm, dry and convenient location without drafts and also reasonable physical activities. For increase in operability of bronchial tubes and lungs long walks (but not in a frost and slush), jogs at slow speed, swimming are very good.