Treatment:

• CHF due to pericarditis should be treated by removing pericardial fluid and preventing its return.
• Animals should be kept at stall rest and provided sodium free diet.
• Diuretic treatment should be done; Furosemide is most commonly used in treatment of large animals. It should be administered intravenously @ 0.2-1.0 mg/kg, b. wt initially for horses. For cattle it should be administered @ 2.5-5.0 mg/kg, b.wt.
• Prednisolone- 20 mg orally may be effective in some cases.
• Digitalization; use of digitalis; cardiac glycosides to improve contractility of heart. Digitalis is administered intravenously @ 1.0-1.5 mg/100 kg initially followed by 0.5-0.75mg/100kg, every 24 hours in horse.
• In cattle, digitalis @ 2.2mg/100 kg initially followed by 0.34mg/100 kg every 4 hours.
• If treated animals are not eating, daily oral administration of KCl should be practiced. Cattle- 100g, Horses- 30g
• Oxygen therapy, if possible to relief from severe anoxia
• Sedatives or tranquilizing agents for reducing pain.