Reasons and methods of euthanasia for dogs

The reasons and methods of doing it to a safe death for dogs
Husky (certain introduction)

Peaceful death means happy sacrifice, painless sacrifice. Dogs who often choose to die peacefully are because they are suffering from diseases that cannot be treated, and their bodies and Only when the mental pain and pain cannot be relieved by all drugs, the owner will choose to euthanize the dog. Naturally, there are other reasons. The following is a detailed introduction to the reasons and methods of doing dog safety exercises. < p > As for diseases that kill immediately. The diseases that dogs suffer from cause dogs to suffer endless pain, such as not being able to eat well, not sleeping well, paralyzed hands and feet on the ground, and letting out painful sighs. For example, a dog's trauma causes severe paralysis of its hands and feet, and it is in a critical state. Therefore, the owner cannot bear to see his dog suffer such pain and adopts a safe life for it. It is also like rabid dogs, some dogs with distemper, etc., which may be used to euthanize dogs.

2. Different dogs need to be put to death because someone abandons them casually and allows them to grow freely. Later, because no one adopts them and the community cannot accept too many stray dogs As for the original peaceful death to solve the problem of animal strays. There are also different examples such as: someone in the family plans to conceive a child, and the owner takes him to the hospital to have the doctor help the dog to die safely, because the dog may carry Toxoplasma gondii, which can cause pregnant women to miscarry. Therefore, it is generally not possible to keep a pet dog at home when you are pregnant. However, a very small number of people will choose to euthanize their dogs because someone at home is pregnant, and they often give the dogs to others.

The reasons and methods of giving dogs a safe death
Bichon Frize (certain introduction)

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1. Potassium chloride injection: Use 10% potassium chloride injection at 0.3 to 0.5 ml per kilogram of body weight for rapid intravenous injection, causing instantaneous hyperkalemia and high concentration of potassium ions. It can cause conduction failure of the heart, weaken the interrupting force, and eventually suppress the myocardium, causing the heart to suddenly stop and die. This method only produces a very short period of muscle stiffness and then relaxation and sacrifice.

2. Oral sleeping pills: Take sleeping pills orally to put the sick pet to sleep, and then inject core anesthetics that create respiratory pressure. The anesthetics here often refer to some powerful sedative prescriptions that can cause disorders. The injection of powerful anesthetics suppresses the sick pet's respiratory system, and eventually the pet stops breathing and dies.

3. Inject coagulant: First let the sick pet sleep soundly with an anesthetic, and then inject coagulant to block the veins. The function mechanism of coagulants is mainly to act on the coagulation factors of blood proteins in animal bodies, causing blood coagulation, generating thrombus, causing obstruction of blood vessels, blocking blood flow, and causing death of sick pets.

4. Pentobarbital sodium injection method: rapid intravenous injection at 15 ml per kilogram of body weight or 75 mg per kilogram of body weight.

5. Injection drum and magnesium sulfate method: 40% magnesium sulfate solution is injected intravenously immediately at 1 ml per kilogram of body weight.

At present, one of the most commonly used methods in domestic pet hospitals is potassium chloride injection, but there are many controversies about this method. The principle of death by potassium chloride is that the injection of potassium chloride causes instantaneous hyperkalemia, which will cause conduction failure of the heart, weaken the interrupting force, and eventually suppress the myocardium and cause the heart to stop beating. Although a tranquilizer or anesthetic is injected before potassium chloride is injected, when the anesthetic dose is insufficient or ineffective, the dog will have to go through a painful sacrifice process, because the potassium chloride will bring a strong burning sensation, and the dog will suffer a painful death. The dog may also experience general muscle stiffness for a period of time.

In order to allow dogs to die truly and safely, the sodium pentobarbital method is generally recommended overseas. Sodium pentobarbital is widely used in animal anesthesia experiments. After being injected with sodium pentobarbital, animals will quickly become drowsy and be anesthetized. When used in large doses, the animals' breathing will be suppressed, and eventually the animals will die due to respiratory paralysis. Injecting sodium pentobarbital does not cause obvious pain to dogs, so many organizations and owners will use this method.

The drum and magnesium sulfate method is another way to kill the dog quickly without causing resistance. The principle is that magnesium ions have the effect of suppressing the core nervous system, causing loss of consciousness and directly suppressing the respiratory and blood vessel dredging core of the medulla oblongata. At the same time, it also has the effect of blocking the conduction at the junction of outdated nerves and skeletal muscles and slowing down skeletal muscles. .

Editor’s reminder: When youIf you have no choice but to take your dog to a pet hospital for safe death, you must ask the medical staff to inject an anesthetic first, and then inject potassium chloride. Because the cost of anesthetics is relatively high, especially imported anesthetics, some small hospitals In order to save costs, the amount of anesthetic used will be very small, or if direct administration is not effective, potassium chloride will be administered intravenously.

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