External parasites generally live on dogs's ears, coat and skin surface, and are vectors for the transmission of various diseases. Since parasites are more prone to repeated infection, there is currently no feasible way to completely eliminate them, so the most effective way to deal with internal and external parasites is to deworm them regularly.

How to identify ectoparasites:

Extensive hair removal during non-molting seasons .

Scratching or biting the body.

Frequent outdoor play and contact with other small animals.

Common ectoparasites:

Fleas:

Fleas live on dogs Small, wingless, jumping insects that feed on blood. Their hard shells can hold up to 90 times their body weight, and they can jump over distances 350 times their body length. In addition to sucking blood, fleas are also the vectors of deadly infectious diseases such as plague.

Ticks:

Ticks (pí) are also called ticks, commonly known as dog beans . They dormant on grasses and plants. When they are not sucking blood, the small ticks are only the size of dried sesame seeds.

They have a keen sense of smell, and are very sensitive to the sweat and carbon dioxide of animals. They can sense when they are 15m away from the host. They wait from passive to active, and once they come into contact with the host, they will climb up.

Lice:

Lice parasites on dogs not only suck blood, but also make the host strange The itch is unbearable and can transmit many important human and animal diseases. The lifespan of a louse is about 6 weeks, and each female louse lays about ten eggs a day. The louse eggs can firmly adhere to the hair or clothes of people and animals, and hatch into larvae after about eight days, which immediately bite and suck blood. , after about two or three weeks, it can grow into an adult by molting three times.

Canis mange:

Mange is a disease of dogs, wolves and foxes A pruritic parasitic skin disease, dogs tend to rub or scratch the skin and become infected secondary.

Demodex:

Canis Demodex is caused by the Demodex mite A skin parasitic disease that causes dogs. Also known as canine hair folliculosis or canine lipid mite disease. It is a common and stubborn skin disease.

Demodex mites are mostly parasitic on the eyes, ears, lips and the hairless parts of the inside of the front legs of dogs, mostly in the hair follicles, rarely in the sebaceous glands, and the parasites can be parasitic in dogs in severe cases Parasites can be found in the lymph nodes and other tissues of the dog, and even in the ear canal and between the toes (finger) of dogs. Systemic Demodex infection is often caused due to decreased immune function.

How to deworm your dog:

Applying topical dewormers can Effectively prevent fleas, ticks, lice and other external parasites.