Distemper - a highly contagious disease used to kill thousands of dogs. The symptoms include weakness,, fever, coughing, and watery discharge from eye and nose. The discharge becomes thick and yellowish - a sign that a dog is infected with distemper. It is also called "hard-pad" because tough calluses form on the infected dog's nose and soles of the feet.
Hepatitis - This primarily attacks the liver, kidneys, and blood vessels. It is different from the hepatitis that infects people. Initial signs include lethargy, fever
Parvovirus - this has caused thousands of dog fatalities in the past ten years. Fortunately, an effective vaccine for this has been developed. The virus attacks the intestine, causing bloody diarrhea with a distinct odor. This also causes dehydration, shock and death in a matter of hours.
Rabies - this is the most commonly known disease that any warm-blooded animal can be infected. This can be transmitted through saliva, often through a bite, then travels through the nervous system. Aggressiveness or being friendly of the anima and wandering in the populated area is one of the unnatural behaviors shown. Other signs follow such as troubled swallowing, then salivation and drooling. Then death follows behind.
Kennel cough - this is actually not a fatal one but can really weaken your dog. You may sometimes hear your dog coughing endlessly at night and it is really hard for older dogs and puppies.
Lyme diseases - vaccines for this is recommended along with the usual series of puppy inoculations. It is transmitted through deer ticks carried primarily by deer and mice. Symptoms of the disease include lameness and swollen, painful joints, fever and weakness.
Vaccines are given to prevent your dog from getting infectious diseases like the ones listed above. Vaccines are the ultimate preventive medicine: they're given before your dog ever gets the disease so as to protect him from getting it that is why it is necessary for your dog to be vaccinated routinely.
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