Canine Distemper

[livingwith]

Hi, my dog is a 2 and a half months yorkshire. I bought Bob 15 days ago and about a week after, he started to have a bit of diarrhea so we took him to the vet and he told us that bob had the corona virus, but in its early stage. So he gave him some antibiotics, but the dog didn’t get better so we took him to another vet who told us that bob might have distemper as he had an inflammation of the eye which was pretty bad. however now its been more a week and even though his inflammation is no...Read the full article

[Daveyo]

Hi

Please do this specific test ASAP and you can get this answer in about 30 minutes to confirm if the dog has Acute Distemper. This test is 100% accurate.

The very best test for rapidly diagnosing ACUTE distemper is to do what is called a brush border smear of the cells of the inside lining of the bladder. These cells ALWAYS have inclusions. So, easy to collect, easy to stain (quick dip) and instantly diagnosed with inclusions in these cells which are carmine red and para nuclear.

Any medical person can tell you how to get cells from the bladder. Urinary catheter. Empty bladder flush with saline and collect some of the last saline. Spin down the saline and remove the cells. Place on slide and dry stain with diff-quick. Very common stain used by most medics or lab people who use medical microscopy. Everyone? I should hope so. Very fast, very cheap, very accurate for Dx of distemper. If present then Distemper. If negative then either kennel cough or respiratory Herpes or Toxoplasmosis.


Don't play games with Distemper since it is a very highly virulent disease and can spread and cause neurological problems once past the 6 day window.

By the time you get this message I am assuming your dog is past the 6 day early detection which is the fever stage. In the meantime instead of waiting, please locate a agricultural poultry shop or some chicken farmer and find yourself some NDV of the LaSorta strain. If that test comes out positive, you have to give your dog the NDV injection in the blood vein and it is based on the weight of the dog. The Dx is 0.1cc for every pound or 0.45kg. A 10 pound dog will take 1.0cc of NDV or 22kg. Understand. It has to be given in the front leg inside the blood vein. The cure is in 24 hours for the body. If your dog is past the 6 day safety barrier to prevent the virus of entering the CNS (central nervous system) which goes via the lung route then you have to do the CSF tap using NDV and that one is based on the size of the dog at time of the tap. A toy size takes 0.1cc of NDV and a small dog takes 0.2cc of NDV and so on, which has to be injected with saline into the cerebral cranial cavity at the bottom base back part of the skull directly into the spinal cord fluid.

So get that test done pronto as I gave you here and find a good VET with the proper equipment to do everything. If confirmed and you give the NDV into the blood vein you also have to treat the animal for pneumonia which always comes with Distemper and the Dx is as follows: 0.5cc of Baytril mixed with 1.0cc of Penicillin G injected into the muscles of the dog, every 12 hours for 7 days straight. This will stop the pneumonia and cure the lung area.

Please read up on the symptoms of Distemper carefully. As time goes on signs of the disease begins to show up most particularly beginning week 3 from its onset.

Dogs usually will die of this disease by week 5 to week 6 which is the full ODE effect beginning with the bubble gum chewing action in the air and it is quite obvious. Once you see this that dog has only 24-26 hours left to live and at that point an emergency NDV body and CSF tap must be done to save its life. If less than 20 hours it is too late.

Remember NDV needs 24 hours on average to cure the animal of this disease and I have seen some be cured in 12 hours. Safe window is 24. Both for the body and for the CSF tap.

Time is of essence and very critical to save your dog.

Daveyo