Nursery cough , also infectious tracheobronchitis, can develop in dogs of different ages and other small mammals when the respiratory tract infection with bacteria of the genus Bordetella is very infectious by microorganisms transmitted from animal to animal by respiratory route.
The disease got its name because most of the animals get infected with it when they come in contact with a lot of their own kind, that is, in nurseries, in lessons, exhibitions, walks in the park and so on.
Symptoms of nursery cough
The first signs of nursery cough develop on the 2-10th day after infection (this is the duration of the incubation period) in the form of an intense hoarse cough resembling suffocation. During the cough, clear watery vomiting , mucus discharge from the mouth and tears from the eyes can also be observed. It is possible to give up food and fever. Coughing attacks can become very debilitating for both the dog and its host throughout the course of the illness, which usually lasts from a week to 20 days, and then goes on into a chronic form.
When the first signs of coughing appear, you should take the four-legged friend to a specialist. An experienced veterinarian will easily identify this common disease and prescribe a treatment consisting of an antibiotic whose actions are aimed at destroying the pathogen, immunomodulator and vitamin complex to maintain the health of the pet during therapy. With the development of nursery cough in puppies, instead of an antibiotic, veterinarians often prescribe a dog for children's cough medicines.
Before the appearance of a specialist, during an attack of a cough in the dog, the owner can periodically take the animal to a steam-filled bathroom. Similar inhalation will smooth out seizures and help the dog easier
During treatment and two weeks after, avoid contact of the dog with other animals, otherwise it will infect them and the disease will spread throughout the area. If you have more than one pet, then with almost 100% guarantee you can talk about their disease, so have time to take all the animals to the doctor even before the first signs of the disease appear. In doing so, remember that a person can not get a nursery cough, so isolate the dog from only small other mammals, but not from the owner's care.