Pyroplasmosis is the most common seasonal disease of dogs. Dogs are an intermediate host, in the body of which the mite multiplies. Most often, the mite is attached to a site with thin skin: the neck, the ear, the thorax. Most often the disease makes itself felt twice a year, in the spring and autumn periods.
Unfortunately, there is no vaccine for this disease. For prevention, treat the dog's hair with special sprays, and drops from fleas. Be sure to put on the dog anti-block collar, it scares off and ticks.
Piroplasmosis of animals
The disease can occur in latent, chronic or acute forms. Treatment of pyroplasmosis in dogs depends not only on the severity of the disease, but also on the way the animal is infected. If you find the following symptoms, the tick most likely infected the animal with pyroplasmosis:
- general weakness and lethargy of the animal;
- a significant increase in temperature (up to 40-42 ° C);
- the animal refuses to eat;
- greenish-brown or very dark color of urine (up to black shade);
- yellowness or pallor of mucous membranes;
- the animal may experience vomiting or diarrhea, sometimes with impurities of blood;
- in the last turn there may be convulsions and respiratory failure.
The incubation period of pyroplasmosis
The interval of time from the moment the parasites enter the blood of the animal and before the manifestation of the disease is called the incubation period of pyroplasmosis. This stage of the disease can proceed in different ways. It depends on the age of the animal, its general health status, timely diagnosis. If the animal is young, it gets sick faster, and the disease itself is more difficult, because the immunity of the dog is not strong enough.
The incubation period of pyroplasmosis may take a little while if the dog is sick again or the host vaccinated with a special drug.
Pyroplasmosis in dogs: treatment and course of the disease
If the dog has strong and strong immunity, the disease will proceed in a chronic form. First, the dog loses a little appetite and becomes sluggish, there may be a fever. But in a few weeks the animal is on the mend. The most dangerous for the animal are complications after the illness:
- may develop heart failure or ischemic damage to the brain;
- inflammation of the liver and kidney failure;
- the disease affects the central nervous system of the dog;
- a significant decrease in immunity and the appearance of anemia.
When the dog has a tick and symptoms of the disease, the doctor can prescribe a test for pyroplasmosis. Conduct laboratory tests of urine and blood of the animal. It is possible that the animal has been thrown off a mite or a tick has fallen off on its own. If there are symptoms of the disease, be sure to take tests for pyroplasmosis, even if the mite is not found.
In addition to specific drugs, the doctor prescribes general therapy. This therapy is aimed at improving the general condition of the animal and minimizing the damage from toxic drugs. Introduce saline solutions to maintain vitamins, various cardiac drugs. In some cases, a blood transfusion or dropper may be required. During the month, it is necessary to take control tests.