Dogs quite often are exposed to various viral diseases: adenoviruses, papillomatosis, coronaviruses, parpoviruses, viral plague (aka chumka ).
Recently, cases of dog disease with viral papillomatosis of the oral cavity have become more frequent. It is known that the papillomas are benign and mostly recover after a few months, but still our intervention is recommended. And this is because such a disease often entails various kinds of consequences. First of all, because of the latent course of the disease, a sick dog can infect a healthy one, since it is a carrier of the virus. Secondly, if the papillomas are damaged due to playing or eating solid food, the animal may have a bleeding that leads to secondary infection. And, the most terrible thing is that the papilloma formations can go from a benign condition to a malignant form, into a so-called scaly follicular carcinoma.
Currently, the most commonly used pharmacological drug is phosphoprenil, an immunomodulator with antiviral activity, for the rather effective treatment of various viral diseases of domestic animals.
Papillomatosis - a fairly common phenomenon among many animals that can be infected from a sick carrier of this virus on contact. The disease is most easily transmitted because of the joint content of the infected animal with the healthy one. The incubation period lasts 2 months. And in this case, you can not do without fosprenil.
Instructions
Instructions for the use of the drug phosprenyl for dogs include information on the composition, dosage, method and location of storage, side effects.
Fosprenyl (phosprenyl), or disodium salt of phosphate polyprenols is a medicinal form in the form of a transparent or opaline-tinged solution. The sale comes in glass bottles of 2, 5, 10, 50 and 100 ml.
Store the medicine in a dark, cool, dry place at a temperature of 4-20 ° C. And the shelf life of the drug is 2 years from the date of manufacture.
Dosage
Basically, the drug fosprenil injected intramuscularly. A single dosage of phosphprenyl is given based on the body weight of the dog, 0.1 kg for 1 kg.
With a more severe course of the viral infection, the single dose increases twofold, that is, 0.2 ml is applied per kg of body weight of the animal.
In addition to subcutaneous administration of the drug, oral administration is also practiced, and a single dose of phosphprenyl is doubled from a single dose of intramuscular injection.
The dosage of the phosphprenyl preparation also depends on the form of the course of the viral disease, as well as on the species of the viral representative itself. With medium and severe forms of viral infection, fosprenil is combined with other medications, for example, anthelmintic drugs or antibiotics.
As a rule, re-application of antiviral drugs is not required, and treatment is stopped after 2 or 3 days after the disappearance of clinical symptoms and normalization of the general condition.
In the case of contact of a healthy dog with an infected dog, or before a long trip, before going to the exhibition, for the prevention of prescription take phosphprenyl in one treatment dose.
However, phosphprenyl also has contraindications: it is not recommended to take it simultaneously with steroid drugs, as well as in case of individual intolerance.
Take care of your dogs and they will reciprocate you!