General observation of Fox Disease

Generally speaking, fox owners should pay attention to the abnormal changes of foxes in management, find sick foxes in time, and treat them in time. The general observation method of fox disease is:

I. overall observation

The overall observation mainly included the changes of physical condition, nutritional posture, dynamic temperament hair and mental state.

1, physical condition and nutrition fox disease, the nutritional condition began to decline, some rapid weight loss, such as acute diarrhea; some gradual weight loss, more common in chronic diseases.

2. Abnormal posture and dynamic posture are important manifestations of the disease, such as lying down, compulsive standing and obsessive-compulsive exercise. Is the symptom of the disease.

3. The coat of the healthy fox is shiny and the fluff grows normally. When the disease occurs, the coat is dishevelled, uneven in length, and abnormal phenomena such as hair loss, depilation, curl and pigment changes.

4. Mental state sick foxes are mostly depressed and depressed, but rabies is violent and restless.

Appetite and drinking water

Diseased foxes often show loss of appetite in the initial stage. With the aggravation of the disease, there are anti-feeding; some appear hyperactivity. When the fox appears dysentery, lobar pneumonia and other conditions, the diseased fox refuses to eat, but the craving increases.

3. Observation of fecal characters

When fecal secretion occurs, stool dry knot, diarrhea sparse, hemorrhagic enteritis stool with blood; catarrhal gastroenteritis feces thin, with incomplete digestion of feed and exfoliated intestinal mucosal epithelium, some mixed with blood, that is, pus and blood stool, smelly.

IV. Body temperature check

The normal body temperature of foxes is 38.8 ℃ 39.6. Anyone who exceeds the normal body temperature is a symptom. The increase of body temperature is called fever, which is slight fever by 1 ℃ higher than normal body temperature, slight fever by 2 ℃, and high fever by more than 3 ℃. Some people whose body temperature is lower than normal body temperature are called hypothermia, such as feed poisoning, massive blood loss and so on. The temperature measurement method is: one person Baoding or mechanical Baoding, first blow the thermometer mercury column back to the original position, apply lubricant and slowly insert from the anus, generally measured 1-3 times a day, which can be decided according to the disease. When suffering from proctitis, vaginal temperature can be measured.

5. Visual mucosal examination

Generally refers to anal, vaginal, oral and other mucosal examination. Pallor is caused by anemia; flushing is caused by hyperemia; yellow staining is a sign of jaundice, more common in liver disease; cyanosis is caused by an increase in the number of reduced hemoglobin in the blood, more common in heart failure, macrocirculatory disorders and other diseases.

VI. Observation of breathing movements

The fox breathes 210.30 times / min, the interval of breathing is the same, and the breathing is chest and abdomen, and it is symmetrical, and the breathing is very peaceful. If the number of breathing, rhythm, breathing pattern, etc., change, then dyspnea occurs.

7. Examination of cough and nasal tuck

Cough is often caused by colds, pneumonia, bronchitis and so on. The emergence of a large amount of nasal juice is often caused by canine distemper and infectious rhinitis.

VIII. Voiding observation

Fox urination has a fixed or regular posture, and fixed-point urination. If voiding is hard and restless, and the hind limbs and abdomen are supported on the cage net, it is caused by micturition pain, and diseases such as urethral calculi and cystitis are common. Voiding incontinence is common in canine distemper. The frequency of micturition decreased, more common in nephritis, vomiting, dysentery and other diseases.

IX. Exercise observation

If it is found that the movement is uncoordinated, such as static imbalance, shaking, softness of the limbs, joint flexion, separation of the limbs or low muscle tension, excessive dragging of the affected limbs, or tension and hardening of the abdominal muscles, as well as motor paralysis, and so on, all reflect the pathological changes of the nervous system.