If the dog smells penetrating from the mouth, this can have many causes. Here we analysis bad dog breath and other pets bad breath.
Bad breath from the oral cavity, on scientific halitosis, is one of the most frequent causes of treatment of pet owners in the veterinary clinic. This condition can be a symptom of many diseases, such as organs and tissues of the mouth, and internal organs.
Let’s try to understand the reasons. Conventionally, animals suffering from this pathology can be divided into 3 age groups: young animals up to a year, the average age of the animals from 1 to 9 years, animals older than 9 years.
The main mechanism causing an unpleasant bad breath is bacterial decomposition. Normally, in the oral microflora lives, destined to control reproduction of pathological flora. In some cases, its function is weakened, this may occur due to both external and internal factors.
So, the first group – young animals. Serious diseases of oral cavity at this age are rare, most often:
1. violation of the change of teeth. For example, it fell in time baby teeth, violations of the bite, leading to the formation of cracks, which can stick pieces of food, thus creating a favorable environment for the development of abnormal flora, a direct consequence of what will be an unpleasant smell. Most problematic in this respect are dwarf dog breeds, such as dwarf poodle, Yorkshire terrier, and others, including cats pronounced predisposition not.
2. trauma and foreign bodies from entering into the oral cavity. Foreign bodies, trauma, directly damage the mucous membrane of the mouth, causing erosive lesions, which are again favorable place for the reproduction of abnormal flora.
The second group, middle-aged animals.
List of diseases are greater, but the leading place is occupied by the plaque on the tooth surface (dental stone).
Severity of injuries depends on the number of these deposits. The frequency of plaque deposits is directly related to the diet of the animal, for example proved that the animals receiving soft food suffer periodontal disease more often. The deposition of tartar leads to deviation of the gums from the neck of the tooth, at this point formed pocket, in which one gets the food particles that, accordingly, creates an optimal environment for the development of pathological flora. Further damage leads to loosening of the tooth and to its loss. Predisposed to the disease among the dogs again dwarf breed, breed of medium size, for example, the average poodle, Pekinese, Dachshund, among cats Persian, Exotic.
Other reasons for the appearance of unpleasant odors are injuries, chipped teeth, foreign bodies, in this age group are possible and tumor lesions of the mouth, larynx, or as benign or malignant, a frequent example of the formation of benign tumors in the oral cavity is a dog breed boxer, whose members tend to to diseases with the name of fibrous epulis, which is expressed in the proliferation of gum tissue with the formation of multiple tumors of different sizes.
The third group, animals of advanced age.
In addition to reasons specific to the second group, in this age group is more pronounced risk of tumor formation in the oral cavity and diseases of internal organs, one of the signs of which can be an unpleasant smell from the mouth.
The classic example here may serve as chronic renal failure, which is accompanied by the smell of ammonia. In this disease there is a delay of some metabolic products due to the weakened kidney function, which directly damage the oral mucosa, leading to the formation of non-healing ulcers on the gums and tongue.
Another example is diabetes, where there is the smell of acetone. This is a consequence of metabolism of sugar when the body can not digest carbohydrates, and is forced to switch to fat metabolism, in which ketone bodies are formed, giving bad breath.
It is very characteristic and conspicuous feature of these diseases is the pronounced increase in water consumption. Attention should be paid to fluid intake in adult animals, and with increasing, which is not possible to explain the objective reasons (physical exercise, hot weather, change of diet to dry food) should immediately consult a veterinarian.
Now about a similar problem. When you access a veterinarian with the complaint to an unpleasant breath from the mouth with your pet, you should be prepared for the fact that visual inspection would not be sufficient for the production of the final diagnosis. You may need a more detailed examination of the oral cavity under sedation (sedation) or under general anesthesia, but this may require radiography. If you suspect a systemic (general), pathology may need in blood and urine. Veterinarian examined your animal, diagnose and prescribe treatment, which may be depending on the situation of both surgical and medical.
Veterinarians our clinics have all the necessary knowledge and equipment necessary to address the problems associated with odor from the oral cavity with your pets.