1. The purpose of deworming
Due to maternal infection of pets from birth, intestinal parasites of some puppies and cats are infected by the mother through the placenta or milk. Infected and carried some parasites.
After growing up, due to environmental infections, there are a large number of parasites in the dangerous environment overgrown with weeds after the dog goes out. Cats who don’t go out are also at risk of getting sick because when we go home, the clothes or soles of our shoes can also get parasites. Some parasites are transmitted through fleas and animal carcasses. Therefore, parasites will accompany pets throughout their lives.
When the pet’s body resistance is weak and the environment is poor, the parasites will compete with the pet for nutrients, resulting in malnutrition, slow growth, frailty, and sickness. In severe cases, the pet will die.
2. Parasite species
External parasites: fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, sandflies, lice, ear itch mites, scabies mites, Demodex mites
Internal parasites: roundworms, tapeworms, whipworms, hookworms
3. Specific hazards of parasites
(1) Decreases pet resistance
When the pet dog’s body resistance is weak and the environment is also poor, the parasites will compete with the pet for nutrients, resulting in malnutrition, slow growth, frailty, and sickness in the pet. In severe cases, the pet dog will die .
(2) spread of various diseases
The bite of the parasite damages the health of epidermal cells and can cause parasitic skin diseases that make infected dogs and cats unbearably itchy and painful all the time. There are many kinds of germs and pathogens in the parasite, and they spread back and forth on pets. After pets are bitten, they may cause serious complications and infectious diseases, which are life-threatening.
(3) Threats to the owner’s health
Some parasites infect pets and humans at the same time. If they are not removed and allowed to develop in time, they will directly threaten our health.
4. Preliminary determination of the presence of parasites
When you find that pets are biting their tails, bodies, and ears more frequently than before; they are also prone to irritability, and suddenly lie down and lick their bodies during sleep and play. This is when you should be concerned that they may be infested by external parasites such as fleas, lice, mites, ticks, etc. When pets show signs of weight loss, lack of energy, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and easy fatigue, they should be alert to internal parasites.
After pets are infected with parasites, it will cause anemia, body tissue, organ damage, secondary infection, and even life-threatening. Pet owners should observe and discover the changing characteristics of their pets in a timely manner in the daily feeding process. They can take their pets to the pet hospital for examination. Under the comprehensive examination and diagnosis of pet practitioners, they can prescribe the right medicine.
5. Misunderstandings about anthelmintics
(1) If the pet has been vaccinated, there is no need for deworming
Vaccines are aimed at various viruses, mainly to control the outbreak of some popular infectious diseases such as rabies and canine distemper and cat distemper, and parasites, which are parasitic organisms, will not be killed by vaccines.
(2) After deworming once or twice, there will be no parasites anymore.
The protective power of deworming medicine on pets has a certain period of time, and some can only last for a month. Each type of deworming medicine may have different effects, methods of use and protection, so it is necessary to deworm regularly and according to the amount on time.
(3) No need to deworm if you don’t take it out
When we come home from outside, the soles of our shoes may come back with parasites. Cats who have never been out of the house should also be dewormed, and pet deworming should start from a young age, and parasites will cause more harm to young pets.
(4) Deworming medicine can expel all parasites
There are various types of parasites, including internal parasites and external parasites, and there are several types of internal parasites and external parasites. Different drugs target different types of parasites. First of all, it is necessary to understand the scope of deworming of each drug, and then use it rationally to ensure that pets can be kept away from parasites both inside and outside the body.
(5) All deworming drugs are poisonous, and the dosage can be reduced at will
No, the dosage of the drug must be accurate to be effective. Less dosage will lead to ineffectiveness. Excessive dosage will lead to the risk of poisoning. It is necessary to develop the habit of standardizing medication.
(6) Deworming drugs can be used universally
It must be used strictly separately, because some ingredients and dosage may be inconsistent, resulting in different effects and results, do not mix.
Do not blindly deworm. Pay more attention to the abnormal situation of pets first, and then consult a veterinarian, especially for pregnant and lactating pets, as well as deworming of newborn kittens and puppies.
