Summer has come, and the owners have also taken their dogs out for an outing. In the forests and grasses that the shovel officer can't see, the dog parasites also start to move.
1. What are ticks?
There are more than 800 species of ticks in the world, and more than 100 species have been found in my country.
The body size of ticks is about 2mm, and adults are visible to the naked eye. When they are full of blood, they may swell to the size of peanuts. If ticks continue to suck blood, it is easy to cause anemia and blood loss in tick dogs.
2. The danger of ticks
1. Ticks also transmit another parasite: Babesia, which is basically invisible to the naked eye, only 4 to 5 microns, and its main route of transmission is through tick bites.
2. In the process of sucking blood, some hard ticks will secrete neurotoxins in their saliva, which will cause the host's muscle paralysis, causing paralysis.
3. Each tick can carry hundreds of species of bacteria and viruses. They can survive in ticks for 1-2 years, causing infectious diseases, and tick dogs can be transmitted to humans.
3. What should I do if my dog is bitten by a tick?
What should I do if my dog is bitten by a tick? Usually, the first thing that comes to my mind is to get rid of the tick, but the tick is not the same as the general blood-sucking worm. Even if it is full of blood, it will not let go easily.