Study on some epidemiological characteristics of Carré virus infection dogs in the Veterinary Clinic, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry

Abstract

The result of testing 1406 disease dogs at the Veterinary Clinic, Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry showed that there were 778 cases infected with the infectious diseases (accounted for 55.33%), 222 cases infected with the parasitic diseases (accounted for 15.79%), 406 cases infected with the other diseases (accounted for 28.88%). There were 139 dogs out of 778 infectious disease dogs infected with Carré disease, accounting for 17.8%; There were 49 Carré disease dogs died after examination and treatment (accounted for 32.25%). The rate of the exotic dog breeds infecting with Carré disease was higher than that of the indigenous dog breeds, the infection rate of the hybrid dogs was the highest (12.06%). The dogs at 2-6 months old were infected with the highest rate (15.23%); the dogs were infected with the highest rate in spring (15.8%). The Carré disease infection rate was not different between the male or female dogs. The Carré disease dogs presented the typical clinic symptoms, such as: fever, vomiting, discharging blue nose fluid, eye conjunctivitis and diarrhea. The infection rate of the vaccinated dogs was lower than that of the un-vaccinated dogs.