Symptoms of Tularemia in Dogs Sudden high fever. Dehydration. Abdominal pain. Skin Ulcer. White patches on the tongue. Organ failure.
How do you know if an animal has tularemia?
Clinical signs of tularemia in animals and humans. Rabbits, hares, and rodents—Clinical signs in rabbits, hares, and rodents have not been well described, because affected animals have most often been found dead. Experimentally infected animals exhibit weakness, fever, ulcers, regional lymphadenopathy, and abscesses.
What does tularemia do to dogs?
Tularemia is often self-limiting although some dogs experience short periods of poor appetite, lethargy, and mild fever. Less frequently, dogs may show conjunctivitis, uveitis (inflammation in their eyes), draining abscesses, and enlarged lymph nodes.
Can tularemia go away on its own?
Fever may be high, and may go away for a short time only to return. Untreated, the fever usually lasts about four weeks. Other symptoms depend on the type of tularemia. In ulceroglandular tularemia, a red nodule appears at the site of inoculation and eventually forms an open sore associated with swollen lymph nodes.
What happens if tularemia goes untreated?
Left untreated, tularemia can be fatal. Other possible complications include: Inflammation of the lungs (pneumonia).
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