The Role of Probiotic Bacteria Administration in the Improvement of Dog Digestion Infected by Canine Parvovirus
The Role of Probiotic Bacteria Administration in the Improvement of Dog Digestion Infected by Canine Parvovirus
Nameer A. Khudhair1*, Dalal K. Rahi1, Zahraa F. Jelod2, Fatima T. Ahmed2
ABSTRACT
The current study was designed to evaluate the role of probiotic bacteria in recovery and improvement of canine parvovirus infection after symptomatic treatment. This study involves 12 parvovirus infected dogs diagnosed clinically and their age ranged from 3-6 months and weight between 2-5 kg. Clinical signs were monitors and recoded before and after treatment. Blood samples were collected for complete blood picture measurement. Fecal examinations were performed for pH, fecal occult blood and total bacterial account estimation. The results revealed there were significant improvements (P<0.05) in total WBC count, neutrophils and lymphocytes in animals treated with probiotics additives compared to dogs received symptomatic treatment only. RBC, Hb and HTC showed significant increase in their values for dogs after treatment with probiotics compared to their values before and after 5 days of treatment. The Ph stool and fecal occult blood were affected by parvovirus infection and relation with gastrointestinal tract, but after 5 days of treatment the values improved in groups and dogs received probiotics showed better results when compared with the other group of treatment. These belong to the improvement in total bacterial count values that established by estimation of fecal bacteria to appear the obvious improvement in their numbers after 5 days of treatment and probiotics additives.
Keywords | Probiotic, Dog digestion, Canine parvovirus
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November 2024
Vol. 12, Sp. Iss. 1
