Kennel Cough

[keepdiggin 9,561]

any cures without going to the vets?

[samurai 178]

Try kids benelyn

[keepdiggin 9,561]

cheers mate, silly question but what dosage?

[toby63 1,236]

just a tea spoon twice a day

[sandymere 8,263]

From back along.

 

Kennel cough is a term used to describe a broad spectrum of infections of the upper airways of dogs much as a “common cold” is in humans. In the majority of cases in a healthy adult dog these easily caught and spread infections will settle in their own time. A warm bed, good food and rest are the best treatment with perhaps the addition of a simple linctus type cough medicine. Not every dog coming into contact with an infected animal will become symptomatic but infection risk is increased if an animal is stressed i.e. in boarding kennels etc in a similar way to a human catching a cold when they’re a little run down.

 

Dogs may become infected but not obviously symptomatic in that they do not get a cough but may have inflamed airways and so need recovery time also will they will be infectious to others, so if one dog becomes infected it’s worth treating your others as having it and give all appropriate rest and recuperation etc. The infection can be passed for up to a couple of months after a case but is at its most infectious whilst an animal is actively coughing. The commonest symptoms are the presence a “hacking cough culminating in retching that may produce a little foam, fluid and is often exacerbated with exercise and may present anywhere from a couple of days to weeks after exposure.

 

There are inoculations, nasal or injection, against this but they are not full proof as they do not give resistance to all of the viruses or occasional bacterial infections that can cause it and may reduce symptoms rather than stop infection. Antibiotics may be prescribed if things don’t settle but in the majority of cases of simple Kennel cough they should not be required but rather used if secondary more serious infection follows leading to pneumonia. In most cases symptoms settle in a week or two but if the cough is getting worse rather than better then see a vet.

[fat man 4,741]

Kennell cough will just run its course same as a cold in humans,various treatments can be got for the cure of it but it will still take much the same lenght of time for your dog to come right.When i used to keep greyhounds it was a common thing with moving from track to track and kenneling dogs in different track kennels around the country.What i used was plain and simple,spoonful of honey and brown sugar mixed,it mite not have worked but it seemed to ease the cough,as said it will run its course.