Herpes virus Infection of Puppies

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Symptoms of this disease are as follows:
  • appetite began to decrease, sometimes continues to not want to eat.
  • Fever and happy to lie on the cold and wet, such as bathrooms.
  • Reddened eyes (conjunctivitis), from it came out yellow-green viscous liquid.
  • Mirror mongering and the nose looks ranging from the second hole out the viscous liquid that also a greenish yellow. When sneezing then the liquid will come out even more.
  • In more severe conditions, the second fluid from the nose brownish color with a very fishy smell.
  • The dog looks depressed, coughing, lethargic, lazy, and lie down, and then followed by dehydration.
  • Respiratory problems become more severe, shortness of breath, lack of oxygen, turned pale and bluish look.
  • Continue to feel thirsty and when breathing is always using your abdominal muscles as part of her chest pain when breathing so always requires extra energy.
  • Sometimes the position of abduction in order to inhale as much air so it feels loose (rather squat position and widened front legs while the head is extended upward).
  • Limp, pale tongue was blue, and the fourth soles of her feet being cold.
  • His death was caused by the difficulty to breathe normally.

Prevention

  • Must be careful when to drink water or milk drug in dogs. If the choke it will be able to trigger inflammation of the upper respiratory tract.
  • Must be given sufficient vitamins and minerals that increase stamina and not susceptible to disease.
  • In the rainy season the mineral calcium tablets should be given so as not to cold so it does not get sick.
Treatment
  • Give antibiotics to prevent secondary infections and to quickly recover, for example by amoxillin or ampicillin for 1 week.
  • Provide regular worming.
  • For cough-cough is, give cough medicine.
  • Dogs that are seriously ill should be taken to the vet. Maybe there needs to be done to restore the body fluid infusion, and can also be injected with antibiotics in order to quickly recover.