Study on canine respiratory disease and evaluating the effect of treatment at the Animal Clinic, Can Tho University

Abstract

The research was carried out to investigate the clinical diagnosis in dogs with respiratory tract disease and evaluate the treatment effect in the Animal Clinic of Can Tho University. The determination of respiratory tract disease in dogs was performed by cross-sectional study in 736 dogs that reared in Cantho city. The results showed that 143 out of 736 (19.43%) dogs had signs of respiratory tract disease by the clinical diagnosis. In addition, the respiratory tract disease in dogs was age-, breeds- and rearing modality-; and gradually increased according to age of dogs (P0.05). The results indicated that dogs had the clinical diagnosis in the upper airways (79.72%) and lower airways (20.28%). Cough combined nasal discharge at the highest rate (18.18%), followed by cough combined nasal discharge and eye rheum (13.99%), increase of respiratory rhythm (13.29%), cough combined nasal discharge and increase of respiratory rhythm (10.49%), nasal discharge combined eye rheum (10.49%), cough combined nasal discharge and rales (9.79%), cough combined rales and depression (6.99%), dry cough (6.29%), cough combined increase of respiratory rhythm and depression (5.59%), nosebleed (2.80%) and nosebleed combined increase of respiratory rhythm (2.10%). The effectiveness of treatment using Marbofloxacin and Cefuroxime was similar; and the adjustment for base clinical signs of the respiratory tract disease was high or rich in both treatments with Marbofloxacin and Cefuroxime.