Summer is here, the weather is dry, and the things are dry. For dogs, various hidden dangers and diseases are in full swing, and the most dangerous thing is the hidden dangers brought by gastrointestinal parasites. Disease prevention in sick dogs ca...
Summer is here, the weather is dry, and the things are dry. For dogs, various hidden dangers and diseases are in full swing, and the most dangerous thing is the hidden dangers brought by gastrointestinal parasites. Disease prevention in sick dogs cannot be ignored. The following article teaches you how to prevent diseases that dogs are prone to in summer! Learn quickly!
Prevent gastrointestinal parasite infection
Characteristics of common parasites
Hookworm: Hookworms are very small in size and spread through the mouth, skin, and placenta. Hookworms attach to the dog's intestinal wall to suck blood, causing anemia and inflammation.
Whip tip: Infected by eating unclean food, parasitized in the cecum and colon of the dog. Puppies develop symptoms of dysplasia and anemia after infection. When there are many parasites, it will damage the mucosa and blood vessels, resulting in stubborn diarrhea, bloody stools, appendicitis, and colitis.
tapeworm: spread through fleas. When a large number of tapeworms are infected, it can cause malnutrition, thinness, dry hair, and dullness of the dog. Too many insects can block the intestines and cause gastrointestinal diseases.
Coccidiosis: Parasitic disease caused by eating eggs by dogs. Common symptoms are anorexia, diarrhea, and weight loss. There is often diarrhea like diarrhea, and it is sprayed in large quantities during diarrhea.
Ascaris: The most common gastrointestinal parasite, with the widest range of infections and can cause a variety of diseases.
Driving away roundworms
How do roundworms grow?
After dogs swallow infectious eggs, larvae will flow with blood to various tissues and organs in the body to form cysts. The larvae will remain active but will not develop further. After pregnancy, a bitch with cysts in the body will be activated and migrate to the fetal liver through the placenta, causing intrauterine infection. After the fetus is born, the larvae migrate to the lungs and then develop into adults in the gastrointestinal tract. Robiniasis develops adults 23 to 40 days after the birth of a puppy.
Ascaris infection: After the dog is infected with roundworms, although it still maintains its appetite, its weight drops sharply, often accompanied by vomiting, and mucus attached to the feces.
Ascaris can absorb nutrients, causing dogs to develop poorly, causing symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting, and bloating. It can also block the bile duct, penetrate the intestinal wall, or cause neurological symptoms. In addition, the larvae of the roundworm will pass through the intestinal wall and spread to various tissues in the dog's body, including the liver, lungs, kidneys, etc. Causes serious diseases such as ascaris pneumonia.
Prevention and control measures: Clean food basins and garbage frequently, pay attention to the cleaning of food, and reduce the chance of parasites entering. When taking a dog out, be careful not to lick things on the ground and reduce contact with strange dogs, which can greatly reduce the chance of infection.
In addition, regular physical examinations and deworming should be performed. The puppies are checked every three months and the adult dogs are checked twice a year. It is best to let your dog take deworming medicine every three months.
