What do you do if you think you dog has or is going to get Salmonella Poisning?

Question

I have a friend whos dog got into some fish and she says that you dont have to take it to the vet because they have stuff you can buy to get rid of salmonella so she bought some kind of powdered antibiotics from a feed store to give to him. Does she have to take it to the vet or can she just give him the stuff she bought? please someone who is a vet or someone who knows alot about this from experience answer this question so i can tell her to do the right thing. Thank you

Answer 1

Dogs do not get Salmonella poisioning like humans. Long story short, their digestive tract and juices do not allow it. I feed my Corgi whole raw fish all the time. No Worries!!

Answer 2

I'm afraid your friend doesn't know what she's talking about.

True antibiotics are not available in pet shops - these are prescription only medicines that you can only get from vets, pet shops are not licensed to sell them.

Salmonella is a serious form of food poisoning that can be quickly fatal in animals and humans. If you suspect your dog may be poisoned you NEED to get it to a vet. If he stops eating, vomits or has diarrhoea this will be considered a medical emergency considering what the dog has eaten.

Do NOT rely on pet shop products to treat an animal. If you had Salmonella, you'd need to get to a hospital immediately. Any time you suspect an animal is ill you should always contact a vet.

Chalice

Answer 3

She has already decided she knows it all, therefore she is probably not not going to listen,


But ask her how she knows for a fact it is salmonella poisoning and not E. coli 0157:H7 antibiotics does not work for ecoli, if she is wrong then her dog just may very well die of renal failure without supportive therapy


http://ift.confex.com/ift/2001/techprogram/paper_8242.htm

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In racing greyhounds, it's called Alabama Rot; in people, E. coli food poisoning or hemolytic uremic syndrome. Both can cause acute renal failure, sometimes death, and both are believed caused by the E. coli bacteria.


The greyhound disease was first recognized at a greyhound race track in Alabama, although now it occurs nationwide. Racing greyhounds are fed raw ground meat which makes them prime candidates for E. coli exposure. E. Coli food poisoning in humans also is caused by eating poorly cooked meat. The hemolytic uremic syndrome is a life-threatening disease and the most common cause of acute kidney failure in infants and children. Adults, adolescents and newborns also can be infected.

In research on "Alabama Rot" in greyhounds, Cowan found a striking similarity between the changes in the kidneys of infected greyhounds and humans with hemolytic uremic syndrome.

"In dogs, because the blood supply to the skin also is affected, the disease usually starts with ulcers on the skin. Like in humans, some of the dogs also have kidney failure due to blockage of the blood supply to part of the kidney," said Cowan, assistant professor of small animal medicine. "Humans don't get the skin form, but when the disease advances to the kidney failure stage in both humans and dogs it is almost identical."

The problem with E. coli infection is that there is no cure, Fenwick said. "The toxins produced by the bacteria attack the cell lining of the blood vessels. When people and dogs are infected there is no specific therapy. Only the symptoms such as diarrhea and dehydration can be treated. That's why the discovery of an animal model is so important."

Cowan and Fenwick began researching the greyhounds in 1993. Sick greyhounds from around the country were referred to the K-State veterinary clinic for care. Only recently have K-State researchers discovered what was causing the disease in the dogs.

"We found that antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs have no recognizable effect," Fenwick said. "But the good news is, like in humans, the dogs respond to supportive care."

Supportive care can involve intravenous fluids, transfusions and dialysis, the same treatment provided to children with hemolytic uremic syndrome.

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several greyhounds have died as a result, though many do survive but often can never race afterward due to the damage done to their kidney, these are dogs that are and extremely physically fit

Others dogs that get it is only known often during a necropsy
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Alabama Rot in Greyhounds
Certainly not the most flattering name for a disease, however Alambama Rot is easy to remember. The more scientific name is "cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy of greyhounds" (CRGV).4 It has also been called Greenetrack disease.

This is a disease of undetermined etiology, though it has some resemblance to hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans that is caused by E. coli secreting shiga-toxin (E. coli O:157). To date, infectious agents have been searched for but have not been identified in affected dogs. The majority of those affected are racing dogs, however it has been seen in some pet dogs, as well. It is uncertain whether the common practice of feeding racing dogs raw meat is a factor.

The disease can present as a multifocal ulceration and edema preferentially of the rear limbs or in combination with acute renal failure (often anuric or oligouric). Both males and females are affected. The skin lesions tend to be dramatic. Initially, just ulcers are present that tend to coalesce so that a large part of the skin of the rear limbs sloughs. Edema can be present, as well. Many dogs also develop renal dysfunction with azotemia. In these dogs, prognosis is guarded to poor because the majority succumbs to the renal failure, though I have treated one dog successfully.

Another common finding in these dogs is the development of thrombocytopenia, especially in dogs that have or develop renal dysfunction. The thrombocytopenia can be quite pronounced and cause clinical signs. Anemia also develops as a result of microangiopathic hemolysis, probably in the kidneys (fibrin strands form in blood vessels and the red blood cells are lysed as they go through that vessel).

Answer 4

You shouldn't administer any type of medication without first consulting your vet, especially when you're not sure about the symptoms and effects.

Answer 5

Take your pet to the Vet ASAP=AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Answer 6

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