УДК 616.98–039.3–073.75:578.834:636.7
DOI: 10.36871/vet.zoo.bio.202210002
Authors
Yulia V. Gradova,
Sergey P. Kovalev,
Saint-Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine,
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Abstract
COVID-19 causes changes primarily in the respiratory system. Over time, more and more cases of COVID-19 have been reported in animals. It was relevant to classify the course of COVID-19 in dogs to predict outcome and plan therapy. The course of COVID-19 in dogs was divided by the authors into: mild, moderately severe, severe, extremely severe using complex diagnostics. Radiography made a significant contribution to determining the severity of the course of the pathological process. The more severe the clinical picture, the more intense was bronchial pattern dencity and interstitial changes like pneumonia or edema on X-rays. Acute respiratory distress syndrome was observed in an extremely severe course. Severe course was recorded most often. The changes that occur in the respiratory apparatus due to COVID-19 were completely reversible only in dogs with a mild course, but pathological process chronicity was observed in more severe cases. COVID-19 antibodies were presented more than 30 days in the blood of most animals.
Keywords
X-ray, diagnostics, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, dogs, course of the disease
