New to the group and to being a bulldog mom

[Lalaloopsie]

So Ollie got to come home yesterday. He’s doing better, but still not 100%. They just called and said he was diagnosed with mycoplasma cynos. They prescribed him doxycycline and kept him on the other antibiotic he was originally on. He’s been sleeping a lot, which I would expect after being in the hospital for 3 days. I’ve been trying to research everything I can, but can’t really find a strait answer as to how he got this or the best ways to treat it. Has anyone else gone through this before? And thank you to everyone who wished Ollie well. He’s a strong booger! View attachment 113609

Sorry for your baby being so sick! Mycoplasma is a very common opportunistic bacteria, which means it is present in many healthy dogs and doesn’t cause any infection when immune system of dog is strong. But when dog’s immune system is weak ( like in puppies), or puppy gets kennel cough and is weakened, Mycoplasma joins the process and worsens the situation severely, causing bad pneumonia. Also can cause other multiple health problems - eyes, urinary, infertility, blood problems. Too many.
Pneumonia caused by mycoplasma is really bad because it is severe and difficult to treat, these bacteria are special as they do not have cell wall and antibiotics work breaking cell wall, so antibiotics don’t kill them that good. You will need a long course of antibiotics.

There are many subtypes. Some of them live in the nasal cavity, some in genitalia of dogs. Usually puppies get infected from Mom, so bitches who are positive for genital mycoplasma are usually treated, it is sexually transmitted. Breeding bitch mustn’t have mycoplasma in her genitalia, because it spreads during mating and puppies will be infected.
In your case, 99% he was infected from mom. Then he got kennel cough, Mycoplasma just joined the process.
Hopefully therapy with antibiotics will kill infection successfully.
Good luck!

 

[thett]

How is little Ollie doing now? Any updates? Sending lots of love and prayers his way! and yours