Symptoms: Sneezing; a watery discharge from nose, followed by a semi-purulent discharge and coughing; but unlike distemper, the attack is seldom accompanied by fever and with little loss of condition, and as a rule, the dog is better in a few days.
Treatment: Put in a dry, warm room of a temperature about 60 degs. F.; give a dose of aperient medicine as from two[1] to ten grains of jalapin.
The next day, when this has worked off, commence the following pills:—
Recipe:
| Salicylate of Quinine, | 2 to 12 grains.[1] |
| Solution Arsenic, | 3 to 12 minims. |
| Solution Sulphate Atropine, | ½ to 2 drops. |
| Extract Gentian, | 5 to 20 grains. |
| Mix. | |
Divide into 12 pills—one to be taken every four hours.
When the discharge has ceased, and the appetite has become normal, if the cough continues troublesome, give from half[1] a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful of cod-liver oil two or three times a day.
Nasal Parasites:
Symptoms: Very occasionally dogs suffer from a worm in one of the nostrils called Pentastioma Tænoides. It is a worm varying in size from one and a half to two inches long, and about half an inch wide in the centre, tapering slightly at each end. It develops at the back of the nose, and whilst growing appears to cause no discomfort to its host; but when it commences to move, it induces a good deal of sneezing and a discharge of mucus from the nasal passage from the side where it is lodged. The dog eventually dislodges it during a violent attack of sneezing.