Preface

The feces of a dog can largely reflect its current physical condition. Although the feces pulled out by a normal dog are smelly, they are not too fishy, and have a certain hardness and are in the shape of a strip. If a dog's feces do not form properly, it is likely related to diet and health. If such a situation still occurs after improving the food, it is possible that there is a problem with the dog's body.

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1. Hardness: If a dog's feces are thin and soft, this condition is common in problems such as indigestion and enteritis; Dry stool, seen in intestinal constipation.

2. Color: Black brown stool, seen in upper gastrointestinal bleeding; There are blood clots and streaks in the feces, which can be seen in lower gastrointestinal bleeding, especially in rectal bleeding; Yellow green feces, seen in jaundice caused by diseases such as leptospirosis.

3. Odor: The feces of healthy dogs do not have a very unpleasant odor. When suffering from indigestion and gastroenteritis, due to the decay and fermentation of intestinal contents, the feces have an acidic or putrid smell, and there is a fishy odor when bleeding.

4. Abnormal mixture:

① Mucus: There is a very thin layer of mucus on the surface of normal feces. An increase in mucus volume indicates inflammation or delayed defecation in the intestinal tract. When enteritis or intestinal obstruction occurs, mucus often covers the entire fecal bulb and can form a thick gelatinous mucus layer, similar to peeled off intestinal mucosa.

② Pseudo membrane: The pseudo membrane excreted with feces is composed of fibrin, epithelial cells, and white blood cells, often cylindrical in shape. Seen in celluloid or pseudomembranous colitis.

③ Puss: When a rectal abscess ruptures, pus is mixed in the stool.

④ Coarse fiber and feed pellets: During indigestion and tooth icing, feces contain a large amount of coarse fiber and undigested feed pellets.

⑤ Blood: Gastrointestinal bleeding, hemorrhagic enteritis, hemorrhagic sepsis, canine coronavirus infection, canine parvovirus infection, coccidiosis infection, etc. Blood can be found in feces.

⑥ Common parasites in feces include roundworms, tapeworms, and hookworms in dogs and cats. If these worms are found in the feces, the dog should undergo internal deworming. If parasites or insect eggs are still found in the dog's feces after the first deworming, it is necessary to feed the deworming medicine again three days later, and then conduct internal deworming for the dog every three months.