Best Medications for Dog Gastroenteritis Treatment

Canine gastroenteritis refers to a general term for inflammatory diseases affecting the mucosal and submucosal deep tissues of the gastrointestinal tract. In traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, it falls under the categories of "vomiting" and "diarrhea."

Causes include ingestion of foreign objects, spoiled or contaminated food, plastic packaging, sharp bones, toxins, medications, food allergies, or certain allergic reactions. During the hot summer months, feeding dogs food that has been stored in the refrigerator. Stressful factors such as sudden changes in temperature, environmental fluctuations, and longdistance transportation can also trigger the condition. Secondary infections may arise from bacterial, fungal, viral, or parasitic origins.

Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine posits that the disease often stems from weakness in the spleen and stomach, irregular dietary habits, or exposure to heat and dampness, which can damage the gastrointestinal tract. This leads to a loss of the stomach's ability to descend and the spleen's ability to transform, weakening the body's resistance and allowing pathogenic factors such as heat and dampness to invade, causing internal dampheat syndrome, obstructing the flow of Qi and blood in the gastrointestinal tract, and resulting in vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.

For dogs with mild symptoms of gastroenteritis, active probiotics can be used to help regulate their gastrointestinal system and alleviate their discomfort.

Common symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea (which may contain blood), loss of appetite, elevated body temperature, listlessness, frothing at the mouth, weight loss, and inability to stand.

Treatment involves three stages: initially, focusing on strengthening care, clearing the gastrointestinal tract, and stopping vomiting and inflammation; in the middle stage, emphasizing antiinflammatory, antidiarrheal measures, protecting the gastrointestinal mucosa, and regulating gastrointestinal function; and in the final stage, focusing on liver protection, detoxification, and strengthening the heart and fluid replenishment.

Western medicine prescription: Anileridine injection 20.0 ml (intramuscular injection)

Prescription: 2.5% glucose injection 250.0 ml, adenosine triphosphate disodium injection 40.0 mg, coenzyme A injection 100 units, inosine injection 10.0 mg,复方氯化钠1000.0 ml, vitamin C 1000.0 mg, vitamin B6 100.0 mg, gentamicin sulfate injection 160,000 units (intravenous injection)

Prescription: Berberine 4 tablets, oxytetracycline 2 tablets, metoclopramide 2 tablets, and sodium bicarbonate and大黄soda tablets 3 tablets (ground for oral administration)

Prescription: Oral rehydration salts 2 packets, to be mixed with water for drinking

In traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, the diagnosis and treatment are based on the patient's clinical manifestations. Fever and an elevated hindquarters in a "prayerlike" posture indicate the generation of wind due to heat. Jaundice of the conjunctiva suggests the invasion of heattoxin into the liver and gallbladder, while blood in the stool indicates blood heat. Bad breath, vomiting, diarrhea, and foulsmelling stool are signs of internal heattoxin in the gastrointestinal tract, causing the upward movement of Qi and vomiting. The heattoxin in the gastrointestinal tract can also impair the spleen's function, leading to a loss of the ability to differentiate between the pure and impure, resulting in diarrhea.

Traditional Chinese medicine prescription: Tian Sanqi 2g, Da Huang 1g, Bai Ji 10g, Zi Cao 20g. (Decocted and then administered in a mixture)