Cough occurs in dogs of any gender and age, irrespective of breed. As a rule, it arises against the background of cold or an allergy. However in certain cases cough gets a long form and can be a symptom of a serious disease. Therefore if your pet had a cough, it is necessary to reveal and remove its cause immediately.
Instruction
1. Cough can pass in an easy or long form. In the first case it can be a symptom of overcooling, flu, allergy to pollen and caustic gases. The long cough lasting for months and passing into a chronic form meets at such diseases as laryngitis, tonsillitis and antritis and also at some diseases of bronchial tubes and lungs. Also cough is subdivided into dry and damp. Damp is followed by glotatelny movements and salivation. However, regardless of which forms cough at a dog, the reason which caused it if in time not to eliminate it, can lead to serious consequences. Even the slight disease can give complications therefore it is necessary to get rid of it.
2. If the dog had a cold, then cough usually passes a week later. At a SARS the animal is warmed with a warm blanket, allow it to accept herbs, for example, the root of a licorice and alteya, and at more painful cough is appointed by codeine and a hydrochloride of a glautsin. The pet is walked only in very warm overalls and try to limit its contact with other dogs as the disease can be infectious.
3. Dogs quite often have also an allergic cough. In this case allergic rhinitis, dacryagogue, a sore throat can join it. However, sometimes at an allergy also ordinary dry cough without additional symptoms meets. The allergy can arise on pollen, synthetic wool, some foodstuff, laundry detergents. In such cases to a dog appoint dexamethasone, calcium chloride orally or diprazin intramuscularly.
4. Bronchitis can be the reason long, and sometimes and chronic cough. It arises against the background of strong overcooling or poisoning with gases. At bronchitis the cough at first is painful and dry, and then it becomes damp. At a dog temperature rises, she eats a little and becomes sluggish. As well as common, long and chronic cough is caused by an allergy to pollen. Bronchitis by creation for an animal of comfortable conditions and imposing of the warming compresses on a thorax is treated. Appoint expectorant means, such as root alteya and a sodium hydrocarbonate. Also to a dog enter intravenously antibiotics and vitamins. At allergic bronchitis antihistaminic medicines are appointed. To prevent appearance of bronchitis, it is necessary not to allow overcoolings of a dog, hit of dust and poisonous gases in her throat and also it is necessary to treat such diseases as tonsillitis and laryngitis in time.
5. Bronchial pneumonia, as well as bronchitis, can arise against the background of antritis, laryngitis and tonsillitis. At this disease the severe cough and short wind are possible too. At a dog temperature up to 40 degrees increases, the slackness appears, she refuses a forage. Overcooling is considered the main reason for pneumonia. For this reason to walk the pet at this disease also follows in overalls only in dry weather. When listening a thorax of the dog having bronchial pneumonia, rattles are noticeable. Treat any form of pneumonia antibiotics, such as bitsillin-3,-5, cephalosporin, penicillin, sizomitsin. To an animal appoint vitamins and plentiful drink. Cough treat expectorant means, as well as at bronchitis.
6. Regardless of the fact that became the cause of cough and what it took the form, it is necessary to treat a dog only at the veterinarian.