Some major diseases on dogs

1. Canine Distemper: An air-borne disease which is seen only on dogs is a very dangerous disease.It is mostly seen on the dogs which are less than one year.After this disease is caused,first of all, a dog stops eating and fever is high.Watery nose,difficult in respiration,thickening of skin in lower feet,outlet of saliva time to time and sudden faint are some symptoms of this disease.Once this disease is caused,it's impossible to cure because of a viral disease.So,to prevent from it,a dog should be vaccinated after a dog has reached the age of 8 week and a booster vaccination after 12 weeks.And then,it should be repeated annually.
2. Parvo Enteritis: Although,this disease is caused to all dog-kind,it is specially seen on the dogs below 6 months.After this disease is caused,firstly,a dog stops food,vomits and then,bloody water flows from the stool.The dog becomes very weak in some days.Eye balls get inside and hind-legs become weak.The preventive method of this disease is to vaccinate a pup at the age of 6-8weeks and then,booster vaccination in 10-12weeks, which is to be repeated yearly.
3. Leptospirosis: It is a bacterial disease which is spread by the medium of stool and urine of a dog or cat.Excessive fever,loss of appetite,vomiting and time to time dark yellowish urination are the main symptoms.Stomach-ache is felt and it affects on the kidney.The cure of this disease depends on how much the kidneys and digestion system are affected.As the treatment,antibiotic and Fluid Therapy are given.
4. Rabies: This disease is a very dangerous disease because it has no cure and also can be transferred to human and all other warm-blooded animals.It is caused by mad animal-bite.It's symptoms are seen by 4 ways:

• Prodromal State: Change in animal behavior.Some dogs keep hiding at corners and eat soil.Also,some try to bite human and other animals.
• Dumb State: Paralysis on hind-limbs.A dog can't be able to shut it's mouth and saliva keeps flowing out.It's voice can be changed.It can start barking unreasonably and dies within 4-5 days.
• Furious State: At this stage,the dog becomes very alert and can bite anyone at anytime.Becomes very aggressive.At first day,it can eat and saliva flows out.But, it can stop on second day.Keeps running here and there, which may hurt itself.Keeps urinating time to time.
• Mongrel State: At this stage,it stops eating,becomes weak and paralysed resulting the death.