Практически в каждой семье рано или поздно a pet appears. It does not matter whether it's a cat or a dog, a parrot, a canary or some rodent, or maybe spiders, snakes or turtles. Everyone has his own predilections, but all the owners are united by one desire: to create the most safe conditions for his pet and to preserve his health. Undoubtedly, the most common pets are cats and dogs. Unfortunately, very often they are threatened by various threats, for example, such as rabies in dogs, the symptoms of which the masters are simply obliged to know.
In general, rabies is considered one of the most dangerousdiseases. Its causative agent is a virus that affects the central nervous system of the patient. As a rule, as a result, the animal dies. The most unpleasant fact is that each of the warm-blooded fauna representatives is in a risk zone and can become infected. A person is also infected. Most often, rabies virus affects young animals that did not get vaccinated at one time.
To the owner to avoid infection from hispet, you should know how rabies develop in dogs, the symptoms and signs of infected cats or other animals, because they are the danger. As a rule, a pet can become infected from a sick wild or homeless beast. Most often the virus is transmitted through saliva at any contacts. Rabies in dogs, the symptoms of which begin to manifest not immediately, but some time after the defeat of the virus, poses a huge threat to society. The incubation period of the disease can last from two weeks to several months.
Rabies in dogs, symptoms of its manifestationdepend, as a rule, on the form of the disease. Distinguish between violent (aggressive), paralytic (silent), abortive and returnable varieties. Aggressive form consists of three stages. The first lasts about four days and during this period there are changes in the behavior of the animal, namely, unsociability or, conversely, excessive sociability. Then comes the second stage, in which the pet is over-excited, grabs objects with great fury, and can bite the owner. For two or three days, the animal has laryngeal paralysis, accompanied by hoarse barking. Squint also develops, there comes a strong salivation and vomiting. In the next three days (last stage) the pet paralyzes the limbs and he dies. In general, the duration of the disease is about ten days.
Паралитическая форма значительно короче.It lasts no more than five days and is characterized by the complete absence of any aggression with the rapid development of paralysis of the muscles of the pharynx and lower jaw, as well as the hind legs. Liberally saliva flows; it is very difficult for an animal to swallow anything. When moving, it is usually noticeably shaky.
When abortive form of rabies in domesticPets have typical symptoms of the disease, but there is a considerable chance of recovery. Unfortunately, this form of the disease is quite rare.
Returnable, or remitting form of the diseasecharacterized by the fact that at a certain stage the disease seems to be going away. But this is only at first glance. In fact, it fades out for a while, and then returns again. As a rule, breaks are a few days or weeks. There may be several such attacks, but most often not more than three.
There is also an atypical form of leakage.rabies. The disease then lasts for several months, and the infected pet suffers from various problems with the gastrointestinal tract. It is very difficult to diagnose an ailment with such symptoms, moreover, in this form, there is no stage of strong arousal and aggression of the animal.
