Dog Symptom Checker

Magnesium Deficiency

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Magnesium deficiency resulted in the following matters:

• Esophageal disease seizures.

• Impaired growth and decreased appetite.

• Legs weak, the street is not normal, abnormal foot position.

• Weak hind legs to the limit of the joint (this characteristic lack of magnesium).

Pet Symptoms

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Mineral Deficiency

Mineral deficiency in dogs will lead to a lifetime of growth disorders. If not quickly addressed continuously and diligently, and to restore it takes a long time. It is important to note that each of the races and types of dogs have different mineral needs once.

Large breed requires more minerals than any other race, for example German shepherd, Great Dane, boxer, Doberman pincher, Dalmatian, and others. Dogs are mentioned when a mineral deficiency will develop disorders that can be directly visible, namely impaired bone growth so crooked legs, swollen joints, rib bumps. If it will be too late treated permanent disability. Mineral deficiency diseases are common in dogs, among others; deficiency of calcium and phosphorus, magnesium, ferrum, cuprum, manganese, Zincum, and iodine.

Deficiency of calcium and phosphorus

When dogs lack of calcium and phosphorus it will display the following symptoms:

•Suffering from rickets

Abnormal bone growth occurs. Legs will be bent while the joints swell with an irregular shape. Growth is slow. If the walk will look stiff. Sometimes back hunchbacked and brittle bones. And walk visible limp.

• Suffer osteomalacia

Bones softened. This happens due to lack of calcium minerals that the body needs calcium is then taken from the bones which then causes the bones to become changed shape. Paralysis in the hind legs.

• Suffering from osteoporosis

Bone mineral loss so that it becomes brittle, easily broken, and smaller size.

• Suffer exclampsia

At first the dog looks shaky then convulsions during pregnancy or when giving birth and breastfeeding her child.

Calcium deficiency in pregnant while giving birth will result in time where there will be no cause convulsions, high fever, bulging eyes, loss of appetite, somewhat unsteadily, while the cold legs, seizures, and stiff.

Pet symptoms can be prevented early. Calcium along with phosphorus is an essential element for the formation of tissue, skeleton, bones and teeth. This mineral deficiency results in stunted sex mature or become infertile. Sometimes specific symptoms in dog’s mineral deficiencies, such as eating grass and soil and eventually vomiting. Phosphorous has an important role in the metabolism of carbohydrates through certain enzymes.

Common Dog Diseases Vitamin Deficiency

Deficiency of vitamin

Vitamins are substances or elements that are needed in order to live a healthy dog. If the deficiency of vitamins then the dog will be deficient. Vitamin deficiencies are common in dogs include deficiency of vitamin A, D, E and B complex.

Deficiency of Vitamin A

Vitamin A deficiency is characterized as follows:

• Disorders of the eye, eyes misty, watery eyes. Severe deficiency can lead to blindness, xerophthalmia.
• Stunted growth, stunted.
• Disturbance on the back foot when walking so dragged.
• Fatigue, weakness, rough and dull fur.
• Restlessness, skin inflammation and neurological disorders.
• Miscarriage, children who are born weak, eye abnormalities, decreased fertility.
• Body resistance to disease is low, susceptible to disease infection.

Deficiency of vitamin D

Vitamin D deficiency is usually due to lack of sunlight into the cage. Deficiency of vitamin D have the following signature: arthritis and swelling, decreased appetite, looked thin, stunted growth, often become stunted, fragile bones brittle, coarse fur and dull, sometimes bleeding under the skin, richetsiosis disease.

Deficiency of vitamin E

Animals in dire need of vitamin E because the body naturally cannot make vitamin E. This vitamin thus should be added to food. If up to a deficiency of vitamin E, it would appear the symptoms associated with fertility genitals. Deficiency of vitamin E resulted in the following matters: the case of infertility in the parent, passion disruption in male dogs, muscle growth disorders, disorders of the muscles, and then continues into dystrophy muscle, skin diseases, dermatitis, feathers fall out easily, becoming an adult slow sex and sometimes continued with infertility.

Deficiency of vitamin B complex

If there is a deficiency of vitamin B complex it will show the following symptoms: decreased appetite, gastrointestinal disturbances, stunted growth, susceptible to diseases of the skin (dermatitis), dry and scaly skin, anemia, dull hair and rugged, easy loss, stunted growth in fur , weight loss, impaired red blood cell formation, especially in Ca panthothenate, causing feathers fall out easily, specifically to biotin cause skin irritation so susceptible to dermatitis, inhibited the growth of feathers.

Prevent Anorexia

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Dogs do not like eating or loss of appetite are common. Sometimes within a few hours was able to heal itself so it was not observed by dog owners. In pseudoanorexia, the dog still has appetite but can not eat because of the disruption in chewing or swallowing, or because of toothache, and others.

Common causes of anorexia

Sometimes due to a heavy meal that occurs due to light and followed by abdominal pain. Exposed to the wind that constantly so susceptible to disease. Fill the cage is too full so lost dominance. Mild infectious diseases. Stale food, bad or moldy, and others. Dental pain and injury to the stomach. Gingivitis, oral diseases, throat infections, and dental abnormalities.

Common symptoms that often occur

Did not want to eat because of the pain when swallowing food (dyspahgia). Feel pain when eating or chewing (odynophagia). Severe bad breath (halitosis). Dog feces are small and hard. Weight loss, stress, and lethargic.

How to prevent

Should cage sanitation in total. Check the mouth, whether there are abnormal, injury, and others. Give regular worming. Here we see the symptoms are obvious: while eating just chooses any meat (do not want the dog pellets). The provision of sufficient vitamins, including vitamin c.

Treatment

To improve the appetite, add vitamin B complex in their drinking water. Add vitamin and mineral supplements. Injectable with Vitamin B Complex to restore the lost appetite. Give tablet binatric. Give curcuma rhizome extract to increase appetite and improve digestion dog.

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Xerophthalmia

Dog Diseases Symptoms

Symptoms such as eye disease xerophthalmia foggy common in certain types of dogs, especially dogs with slightly protruding eyes, for example pug, Japan spaniel, Pekingese, Pomeranian, cocker spaniel, and others. Xerophthalmia disease occurs due to chronic vitamin deficiency causing specific symptoms in both eyes. Eye dogs like misty, dryness of the cornea and continues to be blind.

The cause of this disease

• The main cause is a severe vitamin A deficiency. 
• Mechanical trauma due to excessive rub eyes. 
• Eyelashes dog into the eye, causing irritation, such as the long-haired dogs. 
• Exposure to corrosive chemicals. 
• Secondary infection by viruses or bacteria. 
• Esophageal eyeball parasites on dogs. 
• There was an injury to the lining of the eye dog for scratches dust or dirt, ammonia gas and smoke.

Factors that affect

 

Dog Diseases Symptoms

• The food is deficient in vitamin A. 
• Poor nutrition, especially protein. 
• Mechanical trauma, such eyelashes come in, smoke, chemicals, ammonia, and others. 
• There is a parasite that enters the eye. 
• There was a failure to wet the surface of the eye lens normally resulting in dryness of the eyeball.

Clinical symptoms of xerophthalmia disease in dogs

• The eyes appear red and watery. His eyelids looked swollen. 
• Eye mucous membranes damaged by deficiency of vitamin A. 
• Corneal dog eyes become dry, sometimes looks like a foggy. 
• Appears gray white spot on eye dog commonly referred to as bitot's spot. 
• Patches are the longer it will widen. 
• Eyeball dog fore increasingly prominent. 
• In severe conditions and visible ulcers at the end of the central cornea and boil bursts when there will be permanent blindness. 
• If there is a secondary infection it will fester and the eyes look yellow viscous liquid pool of greenish. 
• Excessive tears that wet fur around the eyes. 
• There was thickening and keratinocytes in the epithelial cells of the eye.

Xerophthalmia disease prevention

 

Dog Diseases Symptoms

Sanitation kennels continuously in order to prevent the occurrence of symptoms of xerophthalmia. Long-haired dogs should hair cut and trimmed so as not to disturb the eye. Cages should be free of pollution and excessive moisture that can cause disease symptoms. Give the eye drops containing antibiotic chloramphenicol. Improve nutrition by giving high doses of vitamin A, especially in dogs whose eyes rather prominent. If the eye disease, should be treated first.

Xerophthalmia disease treatment

Treated with eye drops or ointment containing Chloramphenicol with levels of 0.5% or drops with penicillin oil. Give vitamin A orally or injection, or more complete with the injection of vitamins A, D, E 2 times a week in order to quickly recover. Thus tips on how to prevent and treat symptoms of xerophthalmia dog diseases. Hope it is useful. Thank you for visiting..