Egor Buranov/ article author
Disinfection, pest control, disinfestation, knowledge of drugs, SanPiN. Conducting laboratory and field tests of repellent, insecticidal, rodenticidal agents.

Complications after pyroplasmosis in dogs

Pyroplasmosis animals become infected from ixodid tickswhich, with saliva, let babesias, destroying red blood cells, into the bloodstream. The rapid multiplication of babesia in the dog's body is manifested by severe intoxication, which affects the nervous system, liver, and kidneys. Experts called this process intravascular hemolysis. The effects of piroplasmosis in dogs are directly related to the actions of parasites in the blood. It is from the lack of red bodies that many animal systems and organs suffer, which provokes the appearance of complications.

What are the consequences

Deterioration of well-being in a pet occurs within a few days after a tick bite, but even after treatment of piroplasmosis in dogs, improvement may not come immediately. This is due to the fact that the animal needs rehabilitation therapy with vitamins and special nutrition. Weakened by pyroplasmosis, the body becomes very vulnerable, drugs destroy parasites in the canine organism, but can adversely affect the work of some organs.

Important!

Without proper treatment, the mortality rate reaches 98% in the first week after infection.

The most common complications after pyroplasmosis in dogs, experts call these:

  • renal failure, which often occurs due to potent drugs;
  • acute hepatitis, accompanied by severe vomiting and almost complete refusal of food;
  • damage to the central nervous system, in which the dog does not walk well;
  • symptoms of heart failure;
  • anemia.
The effects of pyroplasmosis in dogs
The effects of pyroplasmosis in dogs

The prognosis of complications depends on the age of the dog, the complexity of the course of the disease and the time of treatment initiation.

Dog recovery after pyroplasmosis

The destruction and elimination from the body of the babesias that caused pyroplasmosis is necessary. Further restore the health and strength of the animal. But for this you can not immediately abundantly feed the same food, you must enter certain restrictions.

The diet for pyroplasmosis is one of the components of the dog’s quick recovery and improvement of health during complications in the rehabilitation process. There are no general recommendations and cannot be, they are exclusively individually suited to the complete exclusion of certain products.

On a note!

To make the recovery process faster, each month the pet must take tests, according to the results of which the veterinarian will make a menu.

How to deal with anemia

First of all, the dog needs to eliminate anemia, to increase the hemoglobin, the pet is given a raw liver. The best option would be fresh chicken or beef, it is introduced into the diet every other day. Boiled buckwheat with beef stewed or boiled also has a good effect.

Pancreatitis diet

If the dog does not eat after pyroplasmosis, it becomes worse to move around, periodically vomiting with yellow masses appears - this is an occasion to consult a specialist. So pancreatitis makes itself known. When confirming the diagnosis, the pet is fed lamb meat, stewed vegetables, a variety of cereals, dairy products, boiled eggs.

Dog pancreatitis diet
Dog pancreatitis diet

Liver problems

If the liver took the brunt, then the menu is adjusted a little differently, the dog is offered:

  • boiled meat of turkey, rabbit, poultry;
  • grind cereals before cooking.

An important point will be the temperature of the food, its dog is given only warm, and the consistency is liquid or semi-liquid.

Important!

It is strictly forbidden to feed with flour products, cabbage, and legumes.

How to facilitate kidney function

To help the kidneys work, you need to be extremely careful with the proteins in the foods. Muscle meat, animal fats are excluded from the diet. Kidney complications include white fish in the diet in a boiled form, and if the work of the organs is very weak, then the fish are completely abandoned.

Adherents of purchased feed will be easier, now there are many different types of feed, taking into account the nuances of animal diseases.

Gradually, diet and care will do their job, the dog will recover and complications are leveled, but not all. Renal, heart failure will remain with the pet for life, and a sick liver will make itself felt with poor nutrition.

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