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The best way to save yourself some vet bills is if the illnesses are caught early. Below find some early signs of illness and contact your vet right away if your dog show any of the following signs:
· coughing
· behavior changes
· uncharacteristic mouth odor
· straining to urinate
· urinating more or less than normal
· decrease in activity level
· indication of pain lie limping, sensitive to the touch, hiding, whining, irritability
· excessive licking or scratching
· excessive eye discharge
· not hanging with the family
· drinking more or less water
· nasal discharge
· excessive head shaking
· vomiting that is severe or lasts longer than 36 hours
· eating more or less than usual over a two day period
· straining to deficate
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Suspected Diseases |
Clinical Signs |
| Abortion |
Toxoplasmosis |
Diarrhoea, nervous symptoms, shuffling gait, conjunctivitis, mucopurulent nasal discharge inappetence, coughing, pneumonia, peritonitis, abdominal pain, abortion of foetus or birth of dying puppies |
| Genital Streptococcal Infection |
Irregular heats, difficult breeding, vaginal discharge, deaths of puppies soon after parturition, abortions,temperature |
| Hormone Trouble |
Evidence of breeding abnoemalities , ovarian troubles and dysfunctions |
| Traumatic Injuries |
Suggestive history |
| Canine Brucellosis |
Abortion , breeding troubles |
| Herper Virus Infection |
Puppy mortality, vesicular lesions pock-like in vagina, abortion, infertility troubles, sometimes conjunctivitis with running eyes, balanoposthitis in dogs |
| Bloody Urine |
Leptospirosis |
May be sudden death, temperature variable, sunken eyes, vomiting, pain over loins, foul breath, red slime on teeth, ulcerated tongue and mouth, jaundice, discharge from nose & eyes, bleeding nose and gums, prostration, trembling, death |
| Calculi (Bladder/urinary Stones) |
Dog strains to urinate, urine dribbles if at all, stands stiffly with arched back, marked deprission, chills, temperature, trembling, weakness, stupor, uraemia, death |
| Cystitis |
Frequent attempts to urinate, passage of small amounts of urine which may cause pain, sometime temperature, dog off food, depressed, coat rough, bladder sensitive on palpation, haemorrhagic urine, blood clots or pus on urine analysis |
| Nephritis |
Onset usually insidious but may sudden, intermittent vomiting, thirst, prostration, uremia, convulsions, death, wasting,flinching if pressed over loins, rough coat, anxious eyes, intermitted diarrhoea, weakness, drowsiness, urinous smell, ulcers mouth and tongue, eczema |
| Injuries |
Evidence of fractures |
| Snake Bites |
Red urine |
| Cough |
Distemper |
Diphasic temperature, eye and nose discharge, sough, diarroea, tonsillitis, reddened eyes, off feed vomiting at times, hard pads & hard nose, latter stages, convulsions, tremors, twitchings, paralysis |
| Infectious Canine Hepatitis |
Temperature raised, dog depressed, conjunctivitis, mouth inflamed, tonsils swollen, sudden death in acute type, abdominal pain and tenderness over liver, vomiting, diarrhoea, cough may be present, cloudiness of cornea in one-third of cases, jaundice |
| Tonsillitis, Streptococcal Infections |
Fever, coughing, vomiting frothy material, enlarged lymph glands of head & neck, glands may abscess |
| Pneumonia |
Raised temperature, breathlessness, coughing, mucopurulent discharge from nose and eyes, vomiting |
| Ear, Nose, Throat Infections |
Temperature, localised infections, pain & characteristic features |
| Obstruction and Foreign Bodies |
A bone, fish bone, wood splinters and so on embedded in the throat |
| Bronchitis |
Coughing, temperature, respiratory distress, common in old, fat dogs, persistent cough |
| Nocardiosis |
Systemic form- Variable granulomatous pleurisy, progressive sickness, emaciation, percarditis, pleurisy, foul smelling pus in pleural cavity
Tumour Form - Large tumorous masses on extremities, sometime anywhere in body |
| Coccidiosis |
Diarrhoea, watery to bloodstained, emaciation, dehydration, occurrence in puppies - 8 to 12 weeks old, profound illness, sometime rapid death, coug, purulent discharge eyes and nose, slight fever, sometime nervous symptoms, coccicia in smears |
| Cardiac Cough |
Old dogs affected, no temperature, ascites, faulty heart beat |
| Vitamin A Deficiency |
Night blindness, coughing, scouring |
| Tuberculosis |
Cough, nose and eye discharge, vomiting, wasting, poor appetite, profound illness, death |
| Fungal Pneumonia |
Coughing, breathlessness, profound illness, emaciation, diarrhoea, ascites, vomiting |
| Toxoplasmosis |
Diarrhoea, nervous symptoms, shuffling gait, conjunctivitis, mucopurulent nasal discharge, inappetence coughing, pneumonia, peritonitis, abdominal pain, abortion of foetus or birth of dying puppies |
| Histoplasmosis |
Scouring, debility, vomiting, coughing, irregular fever, jaundice |
| Heart Condition |
Coughing, abnormal pulse, vasular disturbance |
| Pneumocystosis |
Cough, diarrhoea, wasting |
| Tracheal worm |
Rasping, persistent cough |
| Jaundice |
Leptospirosis |
May be sudden death, temperature variable, sunken eyes, vomiting, pain over loins, foul breath, red slime on teeth, ulcerated tongue and mouth, jaundice, discharge from nose and eyes, bleeding nose and gums, prostration, trembling, death |
| Infectious Canine Hepaitis |
Temperature raised, dog depressed, conjunctivitis, mouth inflamed, tonsils swollen, sudden death in acute type, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea |
| Phosphorus Poisoning |
Digestive disorders and wasting, garlic smell |
| Chloroform Poisoning |
Digestive disorders, no temperature, jaundice |
| Arsenic Poisoning |
Jaundice, scouring, wasting, digestive disorders |
| Streptococcal Infections |
High temperature, severe depression, jaundice |
| Obstruction of Bile Ducts |
No temperature, high faecal worm egg count, indigestion and abdominal pain, jaundice |
| Haemolytic Infections |
High temperature, severe depression, may be associated pneumonia pr enteritis, may be jaundice |
| Lead Poisoning |
Eye and nose discharge, paralysis, tremors, continuous barking and frothing at the mouth, convulsions, hysteria, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea with bloodstrained, listlessness, emaciation, blindness,jaundice |
| Toxoplasmosis |
Diarrhoea, nervous symptoms, shuffling gait, conjunctivitis, mucopurulent nasal discharge, inappetence, coughing, pneumonia, peritonitis, abdominal pain, abortion of foetus or birth of dying puppies, jaundice |
| Snake Bite |
Haemoglobinuria, depression, local swelling, paralysis |
| Liver Neoplasm |
Emaciation, vomiting, old dog- lump in anterior abdomen |
| Canine Babesiosis |
Dog listless, anaemic, pale mucous membranes, emaciation, nervous symtoms, jaundice, fever |
| Histoplasmosis |
Scoring, debility, vomiting, coughing, irregular fever, jaundice |
| Gallstones |
Jaundice, vomiting, weakness, depression, weight loss, sometime temperature, diarrhoea, thirst and abdominal pain |
| Nervous Symptoms , Convulsions |
Distemper |
Diphasic temperature (105 - 106 F), eye and nose dicharge, cough, diarrhoea, tonsilitis, reddened eyes, off feed, vomiting at times, hard pads and hard nose, late stages- convulsions, tremors, twitching, paralysis |
| Encephalitis |
Convulsions, nervous twitchings usually younger dogs, head tilting, systegmies, mania, coma, death |
| Neoplasms |
Occurrence in older dogs- dog may paralysed, weak in oen limb |
| Leas Poisoning |
Eye and nose discharge, paralysis, tremors, , continuous barking and frothing at the mouth, convulsions, hysteria, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea (bloodstained) listlessness, emaciation, blindness |
| Brain Injuries |
History of accident or injury |
| Gammexane Poisoning |
Nervous twitchings, tremors, convulsions |
| Strychnine Poisoning |
Stiffening, convulsive seizures, rigidity, death |
| Organic Phosphorus Poisoning |
Scouring, vomiting, tremors, salivation, spasms, jelly like mucoid dysentery, pinpoint pulils, muscle fasciculation |
| Milk Fever |
Restlessness, rapid respiration tongue hangs out, staggering, convulsions, head thrown back-legs galloping, bitch frantically excited, yelping, crying out, heart racing madly, temperature up to 108 F, increasing weakness, flaccid paralysis, coma, death |
| Metaldehyde Poisoning |
Nervous symptoms, convulsions, tense abdomen, abdominal pains, diarrhoea |
| Scottie Cramp |
Hopping, somersaulting, resist leading or movement, convulsions |
| Fright Disease |
Running, seeing visions, convulsion seizures |
| Teething Troubles |
Occurrence in puppies t teething time- nervous lesions and convulsions |
| Worm Infestations |
Scours, nervours symptoms, convulsions |
| Vitamin Deficiencies |
Faulty ration |
| Foreign Bodies in Digestive Tract |
X-Ray evidence- evidence on palpation or post-mortem, vomiting |
| Vitamin A Deficiency in Diet |
Scouring, nervous symptoms |
| Vitamin B1 Deficiency |
Faulty diet, emaciation, weakness, constipation, paralysis, convulsions, muscle cramps, vomiting |
| Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) Deficiency |
Faulty diet, anaemia, digstive disorders, nervous symptoms, skin disease, loss of hair |
| Snake Bite (Brown snake) |
Paralysis, coma, death |
| Epilepsy |
Convulsions - precipitatied by watching flashing light, television, screen doors |
| Toxoplasmosis |
Diarrhoea, nervous symptoms, shuffling gait, conjunctivitis, mucopurulent nasal discharge, inappetence, coughing, pneumonia, peritonitis, abdominal pain, abortion of foetus or birth of dying puppies |
| Tetanus |
Ear are bunched, eyeballs retracted into the sockets - third eyelid protrudes, convulsions and goes rigid, neck and tail are stiff, jaw locked tetanic spasm, death |
| Hypoglycaemia (ketosis, Acetonaemia) |
Uterine inertia, stiff, jerky gait, spasms, convulsions, vomiting, temperature raised- 106 F or more, heart rate very high |
| Hypoglycaemia from Insulin-Secreting Pancreatic Islet Cell Tomour |
Low blood suger |
| Ear Mange |
Pain, shaking head, scratching, nervours symptoms, even convulsions |
| Anal Gland Disorders |
Occurrence in old & fat dogs where faeces are soft |
| Canine Babesiosis |
Listless, anaemia, pale mucous membranes, emaciation, nervous symptoms, jaundice, fever |
| Nephritis |
Intermittent vomiting, thirst, prostration, uraemia, convulsions,death, wasting,rough coat, anxious eyes, intermittent diarrhoea, weakness, drowsiness, urinous smell, ulcers mouth and tongue, bloody urine in acute cases |
| Nicotinic Acid Deficiency |
Vomiting, loss of appetite, weakness, nervous twitching, reddening of the mucous membrane of mouth, ulceration and gangrene (black tongue), foul, smelly diarrhoea, sloughing of part of tougue & brownish sliva with nauseating sweet smell |
| Pantothenic Acid Deficiency |
Faulty ration, anemia, convulsions |
| Trombidiosis |
Orange red clusters of mites inside the ears, between the paws and even on the body, intense irritation, sores, nervous symptoms |
| Coccidiosis |
Diarrhoea, watery to bloodstained, emaciation, dehydration, profound illness, sometime rapid death, cough, purulent discharge, eyes and nose, slight fever, sometime nervous lesions |
| Cryptococcosis |
Granulomas on mucous membrane of nose, pharynx. lung or elsewhere, discharges from sinuses and nasal cavity, lameness, blindness |
| Intervertebral Disc Protrusion |
Posterior paralysis, sudden, acute pain, loss of power, sometime staggering pain to complete paralysis, hypersensitivity or resentment when touched or palpated, may refuse to move |
| Linguatulosis |
Tongue shaped, striated, violent spasms of sneezing, emaciation, dehyration, weakness, nervous syptoms, excitement |
| Hypoxia |
Presence of heart disease or pulmonary disease, causing poor circulation to the brain, and deficiency of oxygen supply |
| Hepatic encephalopathy |
Abnormal even bizarre behavioural patterns |
| Toxicosis Various |
Diarrhoea, salivation, vomiting |
| Trauma |
History of blow to head causing unconsciousness |
| Myelomalacia |
A congenital defect, bunny hopping gait, posterior paralysis, hind leg weakness |
| Leptospirosis |
Jaundice, wasting, bleeding gums, vomiting, dehyration, coating of teeth and tongue with reddish-brown deposit,convulsions |
| Nose and Eye Discharges |
Distemper |
Diphasic temperature (105 - 106 F), eye and nose dicharge, cough, diarrhoea, tonsilitis, reddened eyes, off feed, vomiting at times, hard pads and hard nose, late stages- convulsions, tremors, twitching, paralysis |
| Lead Poisoning |
Eye and nose discharge, paralysis, tremors, , continuous barking and frothing at the mouth, convulsions, hysteria, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea (bloodstained) listlessness, emaciation, blindness |
| Foreign Body in Eye |
Usully affecting one eye only, profuse discharge, severe conjunctivitis, no temperature |
| Foreign Body in Nose |
Snorting, constant discharge, no temperature, may be obstruciton of air passage |
| Pneumonia |
Raised temperature, breathlessness, coughing, mucopurulent discharge from nose and eyes, vomiting |
| Bronchitis |
Coughing, temperature, respiratory distress, common in old & fat dogs, persistent cough |
| Sinusitis |
Pain over region of sinus, temperature, depression |
| Allergy |
No temperature, swelling about head, profuse discharge nose and eyes |
| Entropion |
Hereditary abnormality of eyelids, lashes turned in over eye surface, profuse discharge from eyes |
| Coccidiosis |
Diarrhoea, watery to bloodstained, emaciation, dehydration, profound illness, sometime rapid death, cough, purulent discharge, eyes and nose, slight fever, sometime nervous lesions |
| Toxoplasmosis |
Diarrhoea, nervous symptoms, shuffling gait, conjunctivitis, mucopurulent nasal discharge, inappetence, coughing, pneumonia, peritonitis, abdominal pain, abortion of foetus or birth of dying puppies |
| Tuberculosis |
Cough, nose and eye discharge, vomiting, wasting, poor appetite, profound illness, death |
| Tick Paralysis |
Alteration in bark, vomiting, ascending paralysis, weak hind legs, then forelegs and neck, progress to paralysis of respiratory muscles, death, depressed temperature, inability to swallow, mucopurulent eye discharge, dry cornea |
| Nocardiosis |
Systemic form- Variable granulomatous pleurisy, progressive sickness, emaciation, percarditis, pleurisy, foul smelling pus in pleural cavity
Tumour Form - Large tumorous masses on extremities, sometime anywhere in body |
| Cryptococcosis |
Granulomas on mucous membrane of nose, pharynx. lung or elsewhere, discharges from sinuses and nasal cavity, lameness, blindness |
| Histoplasmosis |
Scouring, debility, vomiting, coughing, irregular fever, jaundice |
| Fungal Pneumonia |
Coughing, breathlessness, profound illness, emaciation, diarrhoea, ascites, vomiting |
| Eye Conditions |
Keratitis, corneal ulcers, chemosis, conjunctivitis, distichias |
| Pallor (Anaemia) |
Canine Babesiosis |
Listless, anaemia, pale mucous membranes, emaciation, nervous symptoms, jaundice, fever |
| Worm Infestation |
Worm eggs in faeces, |
| Haemorrhage (Enternal or External) |
History of damage such as accident or of haemorrhage following on some other lesions of disease such as gastro-enteritis |
| Shock |
History of some traumatic damage, accident or other cause of physiological shock |
| Anaemia |
faulty diet-deficiency of iron, B12 - evidence from blood examination in laboratory |
| Deficiency of Vitamin C |
Unusual condition, faulty diet, swollen gums, petechial haemorrahages in some mucosa, bloody diarrhoea, anaemia, swollen joint in pups |
| Pantothenic Acid Deficiency |
Faulty ration, anaemia, convulsions |
| Pyridoxine (Vitamine B6 Deficiency) |
Faulty diet, anaemia, digestive disorders, nervous symptoms, skin diseases,loss of hair |
| Tropical Canine Pancytopaenia |
Nose bleeding, anaemia, oedea of limbs and scrotum, haemorrhages in abdomen, penis, mouth, conjunctivae, inappentence, loss of weight, breathlessness, fever, death |
| Eosinophilic Gastro-Enteritis |
Persistent scouring sometimes bloody, emaciation, anaemia |
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