Entryitis in dogs refers to acute or chronic inflammation of the intestinal mucosa. Enteritis can be used as a separate disease that only invades the small intestine, but is more common with extensive inflammation of the stomach, small intestine and colon. The commonly known as enteritis is a common name for inflammation of the stomach, small intestine and colon.
1. Causes of canine enteritis:
The cause of enteritis is roughly the same as that of gastritis in dogs:
1. Eat rotten or contaminated food, or accidentally eat poisonous bait, irritating drugs, foreign objects, etc.
2. Secondary to certain infectious diseases such as canine distemper, parvovirus, coronavirus disease, parasitic diseases (such as tapeworm, roundworm, hookworm, whipworm, trichomonas), etc. In addition, pathogenic bacteria can also cause enteritis. For example: E. coli, Salmonella, Proteobacteria, etc. can all cause enteritis.
3. If a dog is always in a high degree of nerve tension, it is also easy to cause enteritis.
2. Clinical symptoms of canine enteritis:
1. Diarrhea is the main symptom of canine enteritis and can be seen at the beginning of the disease. The feces are liquid and have a foul smell, and are often mixed with mucus, blood and foam in the later stages.
2. Abdominal auscultation, you can hear the intestinal peristalsis sounds, or hear the thunder sounds, the abdomen are tense, and the waist and back are bent.
3. When inflammation affects the anterior part of the duodenum or stomach, sick dogs often experience vomiting.
4. When a sick dog has symptoms of severe acute kidneys, it means that the inflammation has spread to the colon. When bleeding occurs in the small intestine, the feces are black-green or black.
5. The sick dog has mild or moderate fever. If it is infected with bacteria, the body temperature can be as high as 39-39.5 degrees Celsius.
6. As the disease progresses, sick dogs may experience symptoms of dehydration and acidosis. At this time, the sick dog often lie on the ground, lacks elastic skin, sinks in the eyeball, cyanosis of the conjunctiva, highly dehydrated, and reduced urine volume. In severe cases, coma and autologous poisoning can die.
3. Prevention and treatment measures for canine enteritis:
1. First, fast for dogs for 1-2 days. In order to prevent dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, the sick dog should be rehydrated. Ringer's solution can be intravenously injected, or lactic acid compound sodium chloride solution can be intravenously injected.
2. Clean the gastrointestinal tract: Use laxatives (such as sodium sulfate, artificial salt) to take oral.
3. Anti-inflammatory and stop diarrhea: Use 0.1~0.5 grams of berberine and take oral 3 times a day. Acetomycin, oleracycin or chloramphenicol can be used among antibiotics. For non-bacterial enteritis, when feces have been basically eliminated and the feces have no sour smell and still have severe diarrhea, astringent drugs should be given to stop diarrhea, such as activated carbon.
4. If you have bleeding symptoms, hemostatic measures should be taken, and intramuscular injection can be used to stop hemostatic sensitivity.
5. Antiemetic, gastric rehabilitation, 1~2 mg/kg body weight, intramuscular injection, 2 times per day.
6. In the case of parasitic enteritis, in addition to the above treatments, anti-worming drugs should be given. For example, ascariasis.