Give 1mg of Benadryl per pound such that if your dog weighs 30 pounds, you should give it 30 mg of Benadryl. Administer the medicine three times in a day.
1 VEE infection in humans is much less severe than that of WEE and EEE. 2  While adults tend to develop a flu-like illness, children tend to develop overt encephalitis. 3  Deaths are rare in humans but are common in horses. 4  There is an effective vaccine for horses but none for humans.
The Siberian subtype in children could be responsible for chronic encephalitis. In general, mortality is rare, about 1% to 2%, with deaths occurring 5 to 7 days after the onset of neurologic signs in European TBE. During Far-eastern TBE, signs and symptoms are more severe and mortality is higher (5-20%).