Antibiotics are applied to fight against diseases not only people, but also animals. However veterinarians register not those medicines which can be bought in pharmacy, for dogs and cats there are, special drugs.
Instruction
1. Certainly, the veterinarian has to treat a sick domestic dog. For treatment there are special antibiotics intended for quadrupeds, they quite often are called as well as usual, but have a postfix of "VP" (veterinary medicine): "Gentamitsin-VP", "VP Amoxicillin", "VP Cefalexin" (active ingredient - cephalexin) and also "Trimetopry 2VP" (international name - ""sulfametox""). The listed drugs are the most widespread. They are registered most often by veterinarians for fight against dangerous dog diseases.
2. "Gentamitsin-VP" it is applied at open wounds and some infections, for example, of ear. This medicine exists generally in the form of ointment as tablets have extremely negative effect on an organism, striking hearing and sight of an animal. For intake appoint 1.1 ml of "Gentamitsina-VP" to 10 kg of weight of an animal. The tablet needs to be pounded and given to a dog with water each 12 hours. Between intake of medicine it is necessary to stimulate an animal more to drink, offer not only water, but easy broths, fermented milk products.
3. "VP amoxicillin" is used at skin diseases, gastrointestinal infections and infections of uric ways. This antibiotic is most often written out by the veterinarian as it is almost safe. But nevertheless there are dogs who have an allergy to this medicine therefore the first time it is necessary to apply it with care. It is the most convenient to pound medicine and in the form of powder to pour to a forage.
4. "VP cefalexin" is applied at treatment of respiratory infections and also bacterial infections in bones. That from medicine there were no side effects, such as diarrhea and vomiting, it is necessary to control a dose attentively. Give dissolved in a small amount of its water, it is possible to pour in liquid in a bowl for water, and the dog can and accustom to drinking from a spoon. For this purpose record an animal, squeeze one hand a jaw so that to thumbs you could remove an upper lip. In interdental space pour in medicine and wait so far the dog will swallow it. Surely praise the pet. Give small amount of unsweetened delicacy.
5. "Trimetopry 2VP" registers against cystitis, respiratory and gastrointestinal and also uric infections. It is necessary to give with water.
6. Antibiotics need to be applied to dogs strictly depending on any given disease and also it is correct to count a dosage. Dogs are allocated with a weak liver therefore it is necessary to control a dosage of medicines attentively. The dose depends, first of all, on animal weight.
7. As well as in human treatment, there is a number of the principles of work with antibiotics. So, it is strictly forbidden to reduce independently a medicine dose and also to interrupt a course of treatment that is often done by dog breeders, feeling sorry for the pet. Remember that improvement does not mean recovery, and the interrupted course can become the reason of a mutation of a virus and development of negative resistance, in other words, that medicine which helped your dog last time, will not save in following.
8. Besides, it is possible to give antibiotics no more than 10 days as abuse of them will lead to dangerous consequences for a dog. After the passable course of antibiotics it is recommended to propoit your pet drugs for improvement of a condition of a liver and also the all-strengthening vitamins.