Canine Distemper

[petlover]

Please help my little puppy he maybe havin ditemper; he is 2 month old, can he becom all right; please tell me how to cure him. My papa took him to vet. and I think he told him that he have ditemper. Does ditemper have no cure :( I just love him; please tell me a medicine for him if there is one, he is been my best friend in just few days, he is so cute and flufee. I don't think I can take his death..oo please tell me he can be cured please help me.

[Daveyo]

Hi I am Daveyo

Without receiving much information from you other than saying its 2 months old (14 weeks) not knowing the breed of this dog, or anything as to when you first see such signs etc, I can only tell you to do the following. First you need to confirm if the dog has Distemper (Try to get your spelling right OK)

Here is the procedure that the VET or any Medical Facility can do for you that deals with Animals.

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.


What your look for here is the VIRUS itself and not antibodies. That is why this is very accurate the test.

Also you need find out very quickly. Especially is the dog having high fever right now?? If so then the disease just started.

If confirmed you need to find NDV Newcastles Disease Virus Vaccine of the LaSorta Strain and you need to weigh your dog. Dx is 0.1cc for every pound or 0.45kg and this also comes with a clear sterile solution. If you do this yourself, you need two syringes with a needle. Take the clear solution you got, after you weigh your dog and follow that formula as above then you put this solution inside the syringe. Then from there into the NDV vial and shake it a bit. Then withdraw all the contents into this new syringe with the needle. Then go to your dog, shave the hair between the paw wrist and elbow on the front leg of the dog, and sterilize it. Have someone hold the dog down. Then take the rubber strap and tie it on the upper part of the dogs thigh to bring up the vein. Once you see the vein, take the syringe with the needle and that NDV and then go sideways and get into the vein. Once in draw back a bit on the plunger to make sure you see blood going into the syringe. If you do, then inject the NDV and then release the rubber strap and finish up the injection. After this sterilize the puncture and your done. Then you need to go to the VET and have him administer 0.5cc of Baytril and 1.0cc of Penicillin G combined and inject intramuscular > twice a day for the next 7 days to cure your dog of Pneumonia which always comes with Distemper. Do not give a BATH to this dog at all for minimum of one month. The cure from NDV to the body regarding Distemper takes 24 hours. Again please note if your outside the 6 day window you got to have a VET do the CSF tap. You can find NDV at any Agriculture Poultry Store around your location and if not check with Farmers who have Chickens, and also call the Agriculture Department and ask them where such is sold > based at your location. Don't tell them you are using such for the dog, tell them you have chickens to save yourself a deluge of questions. OK.

Write back here ASAP once you confirm from that test and Have the NDV on your hands, and I will tell you how to do it to the body part on the dog. If out of the 6 day window from onset of the Disease you will need to have a VET do the NDV-CSF tap. You cannot do this only a VET can do this procedure. This procedure requires another NDV vial with solution. So when you find this NDV get two of them OK. Cover yourself for the CSF tap if your outside the 6 day window. From Day 7 on the Virus will breach the Central Nervous System which is why I tell you to get a VET to do the CSF tap.

Under no circumstances are you to give your dog any vaccinations of any kind for minimum of one year after the CSF tap is performed. If inside the 6 day window, then never give any DISTEMPER VACCINE since NDV will give lifetime immunity against the disease. Last and most important, NEVER GIVE ANY LIVE PARVO VACCINE to this dog. Give only KILLED VIRUS VERSION. And when you do this give only 1/2 dose (0.5cc) spread apart minimum of 30 days.

As to the rest of the vaccines, you give killed versions only, and always avoid any Distemper Vaccine that comes with it. You do this once every 3 years.

In your case since you have a puppy, right now just follow my instructions.

Good luck and do write back here once you get the test done and have that NDV in your hands.

Stay in touch

Daveyo.