In spring, everything recovers, and even bugs are not alone. Dog owners are about to face the problem of parasites. Parasites not only threaten your dog's health, but they may also pose a threat to your own family's safety. Therefore, dogs need to be wary of parasites in the spring.

Common sense of parasites

1. The parasites of pets are divided into internal parasites and external parasites . Internal parasites are divided into flukes, tapeworms, nematodes, echinocephalus, etc.; external parasites are arthropods; and blood parasites are particularly mentioned, mostly protozoa.

2. Harm of the parasite to the host: plundering the host's nutrition; causing mechanical damage to the local or even the whole body such as inflammation, hemorrhage, obstruction, etc.; Substances are toxic to the body, causing local or systemic poisoning. At the same time, they can cause immune damage to the body, and carry other bacteria and viruses into the body to cause diseases, especially skin diseases.

3. Three essential links for the prevalence of parasites: source of infection, route of transmission, and susceptible animals.

Infection source: usually refers to the parasitic host of the parasite, including terminal host, intermediate host, worm host, transfer host, etc. The pathogen is excreted to the external environment through the host's feces, urine, sputum, blood, etc. , after a certain development, infection to susceptible animals through different routes, resulting in new infections.

Basic prevention and control measures

Deworming: The choice of deworming drugs is high-efficiency, low-toxicity, broad-spectrum, and easy to use. It should be noted that the determination of the deworming time is that the deworming must be done before the worms mature. Strictly follow the instructions for use or the dosage recommended by your veterinarian when choosing deworming drugs. For frail and small pets, you must choose the drug with the highest safety factor; for pets that have been infected with parasites, you should review them in time and follow the veterinarian's advice to use deworming drugs; for dogs in a disease state, you should consult a veterinarian Whether the teacher is suitable for deworming.

Internal parasites: once a month for pets over 6 months old, once a month for pets under 6 months old

External parasites: once a month

After deworming, observe the pet's excrement in time, and observe whether there are symptoms such as allergies and vomiting, and communicate with the veterinarian in time; Sixth, deworming drugs are also toxic, they should be stored in a high place, do not let the home Child eats it by mistake.

At present, Toxoplasma gondii vaccine and Leptospirosis vaccine have come out to carry out scientific immunization procedures for dogs and cats. However, in order to reduce the damage of parasites to their dogs, pet owners still need to take care of them at all times, pay attention to environmental sanitation and breeding hygiene, and give dogs a clean and hygienic breeding environment.