DOG DISEASES AND SYMPTOMS
YOUR DOG NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED FROM MANY DISEASES EVERY YEAR WITH BOOSTER SHOTS. IF YOU
CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE YOUR PET TO THE VETERINARIAN OR WANT TO SAVE MONEY VACCINES ARE ALSO
AVAILABLE IN MANY PHARMACIES.
CANINE DISTEMPER
HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRAL DISEASE, IF UNTREATED CAN BE FATAL.
SYMPTOMS:
FEVER,LETHARGY,SLUGGISHNESS,COUGHING,VOMITING,DIARRHEA,SEIZURES -AND EVENTUALLY DEATH.
ATTACKS:
RESPIRATORY AND NERVOUS SYSTEM.
CANINE CORONAVIRUS
HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS VIRAL DISEASE, IF UNTREATED CAN ALSO BE FATAL. BELIEVED TO BE A STRAIN
OF PARVO.
SYMPTOMS:
DIARRHEA,VOMITING,EXCESSIVE THIRST,WEIGHT LOSS,LISTLESSNESS,LOSS OF APPETITE, AND
DEHYDRATION.
CANINE PARVOVIRUS
EXTREMELY DEADLY, PARTICULARLY IN PUPPIES,WITHOUT PROPER CARE A PUPPY CAN DIE THE FIRST
24HRS. HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS, VIRAL DISEASE. DOG OR PUPPY NEEDS TO BE ISOLATED FROM OTHER DOGS
, AND CONTINUOUSLY SUPERVISED.
SYMPTOMS:
EXCESSIVE DIARRHEA AND VOMITING. DOGS AND PUPPIES BECOME DEHYDRATED VERY QUICKLY.
CANINE LEPTOSPIROSIS
BACTERIAL INFECTION. TRANSMITTED THROUGH CONTACT WITH INFECTED ANIMAL (INCLUDING WILD
ANIMALS) OR DRINKING CONTAMINATED WATER.
SYMPTOMS:
BLOOD-STAINED FECES, PROSTRATION, HIGH FEVER, JAUNDICE AND HEMORRHAGE.
CANINE HEPATITIS
SYMPTOMS:
ABDOMINAL PAIN, ABDOMINAL BLOATING, FEVER, DIARRHEA AND VOMITING.
ATTACKS:
LIVER AND KIDNEYS
CANINE PARIAINFLUENZA
HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS. THIS RESPIRATORY INFECTION CAN BE PARTICULARLY SEVERE IN PUPPIES.
SYMPTOMS
DRY ,HACKING COUGH
ALL DISEASES CAN BE EASILY AVOIDED WITH PROPER AND TIMELY VACCINATIONS. THE BEST VACCINE
WITH THE MOST AVAILABLE COVERAGE IS THE CANINE 8/1. IF YOU PLAN ON VACCINATING YOUR SELF,
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ASK YOUR VETERINARIAN OR PHARMACIST WHICH VACCINE YOUR PET NEEDS.
SOME BREEDS ARE ALLERGIC TO THE LEPTOSPIROSIS VACCINE (I.E. WOLF AND SOME MINIATURE
BREEDS). MOST CANINE VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE WITH OR WITHOUT LEPTO. YOU CERTAINLY DO NOT
NEED YOUR PET TO HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION AT HOME, SINCE YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE ANTIDOTE.
ALSO REMEMBER YOU DOG DOES NEED PROTECTION AGAINST LYME AND RABIES IN MOST STATES.
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