Dog health tips

The dog's normal body temperature is 37.5 ℃ to 38.5 ℃ and normal breathing between the number of dogs 10 to 30 times / min. The normal dog heart rate (heart beat) the frequency of 70 ~ 120 times / minute the dog's normal body temperature ranged from 37.7 to 39.2 degrees Celsius. According to the pet's temperament, dog owners may be able to help the pet's temperature. Invite people to help hold your pet's back behind, and then rectal thermometer (can not remember the absolute temperature measured with the mouth anus temperature). First thoroughly shake off the thermometer, so that the mercury column at about 35 degrees, the thermometer lubricated with mineral oil or Vaseline to seize and then improve the pet's tail and gently way to turn the thermometer into the rectum to about half the length, pay close attention to the thermometer with the pet's tail and keep at least three minutes, then remove the thermometer, to see the mercury scale, if the pet's temperature higher than 39.4 degrees Celsius (usually fever indicator) or less than the 37.7 dog's body temperature measurement: 1, dog's body temperature is usually measuring rectal temperature. 2, the mercury fell to the thermometer 35 degrees below the anus. 3, time 3 - 5 minutes to remove the readings. 4, adult dogs the body temperature of 37.5 ---- 38.5 degrees; puppies 38.5 --- 39 degrees; usually morning and low evening high, deterioration of about 0.2 --- 0.5 degrees, was seized dog excitement, tension and slightly higher body temperature during exercise heat illness; an acute febrile ---- more common acute infectious diseases; 2, chronic fever ---- Multi suggested that chronic infectious diseases; 3, a transient thermal ---- commonly injected with serum, moment of reflection after vaccination. Hypothermia ---- 1 - 2 degrees; common body of failure, life-threatening.

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