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Common Dog Diseases and Their Symptoms
A sick dog shows changes in behavior and body that veterinarians call symptoms. Owners who notice these early can get the right help faster. Fever is one of the clearest signals: a dog's normal temperature is 38.3-39C, and anything above 39C means the dog is running a temperature. Here are the common causes behind sudden high fever and lingering low fever.
How to Prevent Respiratory Infections in Dogs in Winter
Respiratory disease peaks in winter and during seasonal changes, and is the most common problem seen in clinics. By site it splits into upper respiratory tract (URT) and lower respiratory tract (LRT) infection. URT is mostly viral with secondary bacteria and causes nasal discharge, sneezing, and nosebleeds; LRT is mainly bacterial and brings cough and breathing trouble. Diagnosis separates viral from bacterial with blood work and chest X-rays, and treatment uses vaccines, antivirals, and antibiotics such as doxycycline and enrofloxacin, plus cough and fever control.
Hookworms in Dogs: Symptoms and Deworming
Hookworms are intestinal parasites named for their hook-like mouthparts, which anchor them to the gut wall. Only about an eighth of an inch long, they are hard to see, yet they drink large amounts of blood from tiny vessels and can inflame the gut, cause anemia, and threaten life, especially in puppies. Dogs catch them by mouth, through the skin, or from mother to pup via placenta and milk. Signs include pale gums, weakness, weight loss, and bloody diarrhea. Diagnosis is a fecal float, and treatment is regular deworming plus a repeat dose to kill newly matured worms.
Polycythemia in Dogs and Cats: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Polycythemia is an increase in red-blood-cell concentration, either from fluid loss or from true overproduction by the marrow. Thickened blood can cause oxygen shortage, seizures, and clots, and treatment restores normal volume or reduces cell mass under veterinary care.
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) in Dogs and Cats: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a body-wide clotting crisis triggered by severe illness, poisoning, or immune failure, in which clots form and consume factors, then bleeding begins. It is a medical emergency treated by resolving the underlying disease plus transfusion and anticoagulation.
Hemothorax (Blood in the Chest) in Dogs and Cats: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Hemothorax is blood collecting in the chest cavity from chest trauma, surgery, or a bleeding disorder, causing shock and labored breathing. It is an emergency treated by stabilizing the patient, draining the blood, and stopping the source.
Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Dogs and Cats: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Pulmonary hemorrhage is bleeding into the lungs from damaged pulmonary vessels, causing cough with bright red, frothy blood. It follows heartworm, tumors, trauma, or infection, and is treated by stopping the bleed and correcting the underlying cause.
Brachycephalic (Short-Nosed) Syndrome in Dogs: Diagnosis and Treatment
Short-nosed breeds can have several upper-airway abnormalities at once — stenotic nostrils, elongated soft palate, and more — that narrow the airway. Mild cases are managed; severe ones need surgery. Here is how it's diagnosed and treated.
Symptoms of Canine Roundworm Infection
Puppies get roundworm very often, usually because deworming is not done on schedule, and partly due to diet. Severe infection can be fatal, so owners must take it seriously. Here are the symptoms.
Canine Adenovirus Type II Infection
Canine adenovirus type II infection causes infectious laryngotracheitis and pneumonia in dogs, with persistent high fever, cough, serous or mucoid rhinitis, tonsillitis, laryngotracheitis and pulmonary signs.