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The dog with a mouth full of saliva

"Lots of saliva flowing out of his mouth every day," complained Ms Palomaski. "What would be the cause of this and how come he had such bad breath?"

Excessive salivation a 6-month old male part Alsatian part Labrador dog adopted from the animal shelter called Noah Ark sometime ago was unusual. He was very good looking but in such a manner that you could not remember how he looked like after a while.

Cross-bred dog. Smelly gum ulcerations on left upper gums.

He looked healthy and had an excellent appetite. His teeth were snow white. But he would not permit his mouth to be opened for further examination by Dr Melissa Chua. The veterinarian said: "I hope your dog is not suffering from a malfunctioning salivary gland which leaks saliva profusely into the mouth!"

"Be careful, he bites," warned Ms Palomaski. "It must be painful. If you can't cure him, he may have to be put to sleep as the carpet is all wet and smelly with his thick saliva."

A tranquiliser was injected into his back muscles. There was a bad smell of rotting tissues.

Cross-bred dog. Right upper gum ulcerated with rotting tissues.

The upper gums on the right side were ulcerated too. As if a virus had attacked the gum tissues. These tissues started to rot and strands were hanging loose from the gums and lip commissures as the bacterial germs took advantage of the breakdown of the tissues .

What cause the severe mouth ulcerations. Young cattle in Scotland do get oral ulcerations caused by the mucosal virus. But this is a dog, a different species. What virus could cause such an extensive damage?

Why the affected ulcerations were present only in the upper gums and not everywhere? The dog did not eat bones or was known to bite gates. The cause remained unknown.

It was most likely a viral attack due to the decrease in the immunity of this young canine. He was never vaccinated and might have encountered one of the dog viruses. Most cross breds in Singapore don't get vaccination to protect them against viral diseases nor do they get dewormed. Internal parasites could cause the immune system to be depressed, leading to the inability of the dog to fight off viral infections.

Antibiotics would be taken for at least days for this patient. Plain water and dry dog food were given. Recovery was good once the antibiotics killed off the necrotising bacterial germs and the dog becomes stronger in his immune system as he grows older.

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