Hepatitis Rubarth
THEHepatitis Rubarth is a viral disease that is due to theCanine adenovirus type 1.
It is also called canine infectious hepatitis or canine infectious hepatitis. It is not very common but it can be very serious. The young dogs are most affected.
Mode of contamination
The virus can resist several weeks in the external environment, in the urine, the faeces or contaminated dog saliva.
It is transmitted through oral or nasal, by contact with a dog reaches or substances or articles soiled.
You should know that a dog that was sick excrete the virus in their urine for several weeks after his recovery. It is so contagious while he has more no symptoms !
Some animals may, Furthermore, be healthy carriers : they carry the virus but show no symptoms. They represent them as a real danger for conspecifics because they are likely to convey the disease.
Symptoms
The Rubarth hepatitis incubation period is 3 to 9 days.
Once the virus entered the body, happening in the blood and in many organs such as the liver, the spleen, the kidneys, the lungs, the brain.
It causes a destruction of the liver cells and therefore of symptoms of hepatitis.
The most common symptoms are:
– fever
– digestive disorders (vomiting, diarrhea)
– a deduction
– Anorexia
– abdominal pain
– blood clotting disorders
– large lymph nodes
– an inflammation of the tonsils
– certain organs, including the liver necrosis.
In some cases, There are eye and kidney disorders.
The veterinarian establishes a diagnosis from these symptoms, and confirmation can be done by blood or urine analysis.
Treatment and prognosis
On the basis of the symptoms, the vet puts in place adequate treatment (infusion, antidiarrheal, antivomitif etc…).
The prognosis is different depending on the age of the infected dog :
There is a form necrolyses in young new born dogs leading to a coma and death in 100% cases.
In older animals, the mortality rate varies from 10 to 30 %.
Vaccination
It is done at the age of 2 month. It requires two injections to 4 weeks apart, a first reminder a year later, then reminders every year or every two years.
It is the only effective way to protect your pet !
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Consider making vaccinate dog hepatitis Rubarth !
It is a disease grave and a latent defect (in connection with the sale of an animal, a legal action is possible if it is proven that the dog was a carrier of the virus at the time of the sale).