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Canine coronavirus infection

Published: 2024-11-05 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/05, Canine coronavirus can cause different degrees of gastroenteritis in dogs, characterized by frequent vomiting, diarrhea, depression, anorexia and other symptoms. The disease can occur all the year round and occurs frequently in winter. Diseased dogs are the main source of infection. Dogs can be transmitted through respiratory tract, digestive tract, feces and pollutants. As soon as the disease occurs, it is difficult to control dogs in the same room and can cause infection. The disease is often co-infected with canine parvovirus, rotavirus and other gastrointestinal diseases. [symptoms] the disease spreads quickly and can spread throughout the population after a few days.

Canine coronavirus can cause different degrees of gastroenteritis in dogs, characterized by frequent vomiting, diarrhea, depression, anorexia and other symptoms. The disease can occur all the year round and occurs frequently in winter. Diseased dogs are the main source of infection. Dogs can be transmitted through respiratory tract, digestive tract, feces and pollutants. As soon as the disease occurs, it is difficult to control dogs in the same room and can cause infection. The disease is often co-infected with canine parvovirus, rotavirus and other gastrointestinal diseases.

[symptoms]

The disease spreads quickly and can spread to the whole population after a few days, with an incubation period of 1-3 days. Clinical symptoms vary in severity, some have no obvious symptoms, and some can show fatal gastroenteritis symptoms. The sick dog showed drowsiness, weakness and anorexia, with persistent vomiting for several days at the initial stage, followed by diarrhea and congee-like or watery feces. Yellowish green or orange, smelly, sometimes mixed with a small amount of mucus in feces, some feces may have a small amount of blood, sick dogs show high dehydration, weight loss, sunken eyeballs, decreased skin elasticity. Most of the diseased dogs had little change in body temperature and the number of white blood cells was normal or slightly lower. The disease has a certain death in puppies, and some puppies die quickly. Adult dogs generally do not die, but can recover 7-10 days after symptomatic treatment.

Sodium hypochlorite and bleach are effective disinfectants for this disease.

[treatment]

Symptomatic therapy, intravenous infusion, antiemetic, anti-inflammatory, prevention of secondary infection.

Most dogs can heal themselves after symptomatic treatment.

 
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