Ср, 23 май 2018 Автор: Мария Иванова
Rabies is a disease that is acutely damaging.
the nervous system of the animal. It is viral and always
ends for infected dogs with death. Pet can
transmitted after contact with a wild animal (for example, with a fox or
raccoon – carriers of rabies) or from other infected stray
relatives.
The disease is not cured, so the affected individuals should
be eliminated immediately. This will avoid
spread of the disease.
Contents
General information about rabies and its etiology
The disease is excited by a neurotropic virus belonging to
family of Rabdoviruses. The virus is street (circulating in
natural environment for animals) and fixed (with its help
get rabies vaccines). He quickly loses his activity.
at high temperatures, however, has resistance to low.
Destroyed by lysol and chloramine (their 3% solutions).
Rabies refers to zoonotic infections, the source of which
became wild animals. To such carnivores include foxes, wolves,
skunks, jackals, bats, mongooses. They can pass
virus to your pet by bite or saliva on
mucous membrane (which is a rarer case).
Incubation period
The duration of the incubation period is affected by the localization of the bite:
the closer it is to the head, the shorter it lasts. So his
The duration may take time from 10 days to 3 months. Not
cases of an incubation period of about a year and
more.
It is characterized by the presence of the pathogen in its area
hits and gradual penetration to the brain. During the period
Incubation of rabies in dogs does not show symptoms at all, therefore
notice them only with the progression of the disease.
Symptoms of various forms of the disease
Five different forms of rabies occur after
the expiration of the incubation period: violent (has three stages
progression), silent, returnable, abortive (officially
there are only a few cases of this form) and atypical.
Each of them is characterized by its symptoms.
Violent form of rabies
It is the most common and proceeds in three stages:
1.•Продромальная стадия длится в течение трех
days The animal has a sluggish, apathetic state, with
where it is either looking for a nook and stops responding, or
shows unusual affection. At this time, the dog is particularly contagious, so
as the level of virus excretion is very high. Behind her can
observe air grasping, swallowing
done with difficulty, begin to flow drooling.
2.•Маниакальная стадия занимает по времени
as many. It is accompanied by aggressive pet behavior.
relation to the owner, furious grasp of the mouth of inedible
items. At this stage, drooling is particularly enhanced,
turning into foam. The mood of the dog is changeable: from
aggressive behavior it can dramatically turn into apathetic and
vice versa.
3. Паралитическая стадия является
final. And its outcome is always lethal. Last up to
weeks, characterized by complete paralysis of the dog’s hind limbs.
The animal can no longer drink and eat, eventually falling into a coma and
perishing.
Silent form of rabies
It also occurs frequently and proceeds with the presence of a good
dog’s appetite, she refuses to drink, but to swallow her
it becomes difficult. Aggression is not observed, but there are
coordination problems – the animal moves uncertainly,
as if staggering. Drooling is very active, the dog starts
nibble objects inedible nature. After a couple of days
paralyzed hind limbs, pharynx. Lower jaw also
subtracted. Death comes 3-5 days after the end
incubation period.
Returnable form of rabies
When recurrent symptoms of rabies in dogs have
paroxysmal character. A clear manifestation of the disease occurs in
very aggressive form, but then disappears, advancing again in
enhanced form. To death, such attacks can last a couple of days,
however, there are cases when the animal has a break between
next attack takes weeks.
Abortive form of rabies
It occurs less frequently than all the others, therefore it has not been studied yet.
the end. In another way it can be called a miracle, because the disease is with her.
self retreats already in the second stage of progression. Officially
registered a few of these situations.
Atypical form of rabies
Atypical form lasts a very long time – from 3 to 6 months. Dog
while becoming weaker, the symptoms of her condition completely
uncharacteristic of the most common signs of rabies. They
more like gastroenteritis – the dog suffers from diarrhea and often
pulls out. She is exhausted and eventually dies.
How to determine rabies in a dog
The main symptoms of rabies in dogs lie in its external
form: it is as if thinned, saliva is actively secreted from it,
the tongue falls out, the cornea becomes cloudy, the eye pupils are directed
differently. The further course of the disease paralyzes the hind legs,
after the heart and respiratory muscles that causes
of death.
For accurate diagnosis it is important to distinguish rabies from
the nervous form of the distemper (in this case, paralysis and
epileptic seizures however the lower jaw never
paralyzed), encephalitis, Aujeszky’s disease (itching and scratching, and
aggression is manifested only in relation to foreign objects and
animals, but not to humans).
Disease prevention
Since rabies is incurable, the only way to save
Your pet becomes timely vaccination. First vaccine
rabies is administered to a puppy at the age of 3 or 6 months (when the teeth
already changed). The procedure must be repeated annually, and time
its conduct should be the same. Now vaccination can
be implemented by the state veterinary station on a free
basis.
Rabies is a very dangerous disease for dogs that can
take away your pet. Therefore do not allow between him and the wild
or a stray animal made a contact. It will save the dog and you
from further complications.
