The high incidence of parasites Spring is the high incidence of parasites, and pet owners pay attention to the changes in their pets' behavior during daily maintenance. When frequent rubbing of butt, soft stool, and vomiting occurs, it is very l...
The high incidence of parasites
Spring is the high incidence of parasites, and pet owners pay attention to the changes in their pets' behavior during daily maintenance. When frequent rubbing of butt, soft stool, and vomiting occurs, it is very likely that parasites will be infected, so you should deworm them in time.
1. Why do dogs and cats deworm? Once cats and dogs are infected with parasites, they have a greater impact on their health and in severe cases will lead to death. The main harms are as follows:
1. The body is thin and the immune system is fragile. Once the parasite lives on the pet's body, it relies on the nutrients of the body to reproduce and survive. Malnutrition, anemia, and weight loss will occur.
If the parasite is attached to the pet's intestines and even wanders in the body, it can easily cause problems such as intestinal perforation and bile duct blockage. In addition, parasites can also cause secondary bacterial infections, such as vomiting, bloody stools, poisoning, allergies, etc.
2. Itching and hair loss, skin disease problems
Some ectoparasitics can cause skin disease problems in pets, such as itching and hair loss, which can spread throughout the body in severe cases. If the environment is humid or when exposed to irritation, it will accelerate the development of skin diseases.
3. Anemia and red urine, damage red blood cells, ticks are a stubborn parasite. After being bitten, it will cause Babesworm infection. This disease will damage dogs' red blood cells. After the disease, the urine will turn red or soy sauce color, and symptoms such as high fever, anemia, and rapid weight loss will occur. If the treatment is not done in time, it can eventually lead to death.
It is difficult to completely cure after infection and may require lifelong blood transfusion treatment. If dogs and cats go out frequently, the probability of ticks will increase.
2. What are the common parasites?
Parasites are divided into ecto-parasitics and in vivo parasites. No matter which one is harmful to the health of cats and dogs, it causes the spread of diseases. However, some diseases are zoonotic, so be extra careful.
In vivo parasites
Carcasia, hookworm, whipworm, heartworm, pulmonary nematode, canine pulmonary fluke, tapeworm, canine trichinidae, liver fluke, toxoplasma gondii, canine black fever, canine eye worm, canine babesworm, esophageal nematode, canine tongue morphema, amoeba, trypanosoma ethira, coccidius, etc.
Nematode tapeworms are more common. They absorb intestinal nutrients and cause weight loss. Coccidiosis and trichomonas can cause bleeding or paste in the stool, and heartworms can cause respiratory diseases.
Symptoms:
In the early stage of infection, it is manifested as thinner, poor spirits, diarrhea, and fatigue more than usual. You need to go to a pet hospital to test and confirm the diagnosis of your pet's feces.
Epiper parasites
Scabies, Demodex, Ear Itchy Mite, Flea, Hard Tick, Lung Tick, Lice, Soft Tick, etc.
Symptoms:
Itching, hair loss. Dogs and cats usually chew their tails, bodies and ears more frequently than before; their personalities are also prone to irritability, and they suddenly fall down to lick their bodies during sleep or during play.
Fleas can be seen intuitively, and there will be reddish-brown flea poop on the skin.
Zoonomic parasites
Zoonomic parasites are mainly transmitted to humans through egg ingestion, or larvae penetrate the skin. The corresponding symptoms of human clinical symptoms are:
. Cryptosporidium disease: aqueous diarrhea
. Giardiasis: diarrhea
. Toxocariasis: migration of visceral, fundus, and nerve larvae
. Hookworm disease: itching, skin larvae migration
. Round-like nematode disease: abdominal pain, urticaria skin disease
. Hydactylia disease: liver involvement , accompanied by nonspecific clinical symptoms (elevational pain, hepatomegaly, jaundice)
. Toxoplasmosis gondii: fever, pneumonia, myocarditis and meningitis; miscarriage of pregnant women, death of newborns, malformations and neurological sequelae
3. Parasite infection routes
1. The owner is carrying
When the owner is out, the owner may carry parasites or eggs on his shoes and socks.
2. Environmental infection
Outdoor grasslands, grasses and woods are gathering places for parasites. Frequent outing of cats and dogs will also increase the chance of parasites being infected.
3. Raw food infection
If cats and dogs often eat raw food, raw food may contain a large amount of bacteria and insects. If they are exposed to infectious eggs or larvae when licking or drinking water, they can easily cause parasite infection.
4. Maternal infections
parasite larvae infect the fetus through the placenta, such as roundworms and hookworms. Some may also be transmitted to breastfeeding pets, such as phyllumi, through milk.
5. Skin infection
infectious larvae penetrate directly through the skin, drill into the body and move to the parasitic site to parasitic sites, such as hookworm larvae.
6. Contact infection with sick animals in direct contact with parasites will spread to healthy cats and dogs. Heartworm larvae may also be transmitted through intermediate host mosquitoes.
7. Indirect contact with infection of
parasites can live in an external environment for a period of time. If healthy cats and dogs are exposed to daily necessities with parasites, they may be infected.
People owners touch the sick pet without washing their hands and directly caressing the healthy pet, which may also spread parasites!
4. How to deworm cats and dogs
Cats can start deworming at the full month. For safety reasons, you can pioneer nematodes and then drive away tapeworms after two months, drive away once a month from March to June, and then deworm them every three months later.
Dog deworming time
Dog deworming time can be implemented from the fourth week, deworming once in the body every 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 weeks, then one month from March to June, and then deworming once every three months.
Deworming time in the body
The best time is to do it 3 to 4 hours after the pet eats food, and fast for 5 or 6 hours after feeding the deworming medicine to ensure that the effect of the medicine can play a sufficient role..
Ex vitro deworming time
Ex vitro deworming drugs usually maintain their protective power on pets for one month.
Before deworming externally, you don’t have to take a bath, but if you take a bath, it is best to wait until the fur is completely dry after the next day before pointing the deworming medicine in the back of the pet’s neck that cannot be licked. Do not take a bath immediately after driving externally.
When deworming, you should read the instructions carefully, including issues of the types and frequency of deworming, side effects, and many precautions for the use of specific deworming drugs.
Deworming misunderstanding answers
Do not need to deworm if you don’t go out?
Parasites are not only outdoors. Dogs like to explore the world with their mouths and noses, just like parasites may exist in the corners of the home, under the bed, and when the owner is carrying them out.
One deworming is effective for life?
Deworming drugs usually maintain pet protection for one month. There are also those that can maintain a protection period of three months. The specific frequency of deworming shall be subject to the deworming drugs used.
Doesn't see insects need to be dewormed?
Parasites are divided into in vivo and ectopathic parasites. The fleas we can see with the naked eye only account for 5% of the parasites. Some other fleas, eggs and larvae may be hidden in the environment or invisible to the body.
Should you see worms after taking medicine?
When seeing insects in the poop does not mean there is no one. It may be larvae that are difficult to detect with the naked eye, and trichomonas and cocci are not visible with the naked eye. If an adult is pulled out, it means that the deworming time interval is too long!
Do you need to deworm after getting vaccinated?
vaccines do not prevent parasites and have no deworming effect, but they are timed and deworming.
Can worming be dewormed when taking a bath?
Bathing is to cleanse the skin and cannot kill fleas and other parasites, so it cannot meet the normal deworming needs. Moreover, fleas can survive in water, and frequent bathing can also destroy the healthy pH of the skin.
Can cats use dog or human deworming medicine?
There are also differences in the use of different pet deworming drugs. It is recommended to consult a veterinarian or follow the drug instructions.
Some dog antiworming drugs containing dichlorophenyl etherthrin are strictly prohibited for cats, so it is best to use them separately for cats and dogs.
Parasites are generally difficult to detect in the body. If you have noticed that the parasite is infected, it means that the problem is also serious and you should deworm it in time.
It is recommended that pet owners develop the habit of regular deworming and protect the health of their hairy children and their families.
