Cuban animal activists ask to save an abandoned dog in Havana

Cuban animal activists asked for help for a dog that has been abandoned and sick for more than three days in the Fontanar neighborhood, Havana, possibly with canine distemper.

It is essential that the animal be isolated from other animals, therefore they ask someone to take care of the dog while it receives medical attention, activist and animal protector Susana Bisbé explained on Facebook.

The young woman launched a call through social networks and explained that she cannot take care of the animal because she is caring for dogs and cats, and she also lives in an apartment where it is impossible to keep it isolated.

"A boy said he could take care of it, but at the moment I don't know if he went for the dog," he explained toCyberCubathe young woman, who was deeply dismayed by the situation.

Canine distemper is an extremely serious and potentially fatal viral disease, especially for dogs that have not been previously vaccinated.

If the animal becomes infected and survives, it may have permanent damage or consequences to the nervous system, since there is no treatment that eliminates the virus.

"However, we can improve its effects, that is, control involuntary movements coming from the nervous system, stop the advance of secondary bacterial infections, avoid dehydration and vomiting or diarrhea through specific medication, previously prescribed by your veterinarian," he explains. heNacho Menes Veterinary Hospitalon your web portal.

The use of antibiotics, antipyretics. Analgesics, anticonvulsants and electrolyte solutions or intravenous serum in severe cases are usually the most common treatment.

LMost stray dogs in the country are prone to contracting rabies, distemper, leptospirosis, internal and external parasites, Dr. David Vera Carballo, Zoologist at a Municipal Hygiene and Epidemiology Center, explained to CubaNet.

In August 2020a family celebrated the rescue of more than 40 animals, abandoned in the streets of Havana.

"We started 7 years ago, with a dog that my mother rescued that had distemper. We have always had animals, but that little dog was our first rescue," said Daynoris, one of the members of this family, resident in San Miguel del Padrón.