If you have a dog, you should know that your new friend is facing a lot of different dangers. Severe infectious diseases have always been the most serious threat to any dog. The most common and dangerous disease of dogs is pyroplasmosis. Most owners, whose four-legged friends have suffered this infection, know that dogs are very hard to tolerate this disease.
Call pyroplasmosis, the simplest single-celled organisms - pyroplasm. Pyroplasmosis leads to anemia, since pyroplasms most often affect erythrocytes. The vital activity of the pathogen is associated with complex biological processes, so this disease leads to intoxication of the animal's body.
Pyroplasmosis in dogs: treatment, drugs.
To treat this disease, antiprotozoal drugs are used. Do not use these medications alone, because there are quite a few of them, it is necessary beforehand that the veterinarian diagnose and prescribe a course of treatment.
These drugs kill the causative agent of the infection, but do not relieve the body of the dog from intoxication and, in addition, have many side effects. Therefore, the opinion among dog owners and veterinarians that the treatment of dogs with these drugs alone is erroneous! In order to help the animal's body to remove toxins and support the work of internal organs, it is necessary to maintain supportive therapy in addition to taking antiprotozoal drugs. Since every animal, as well as any other living creature, requires an individual approach, it is necessary that the medicine is prescribed by the veterinarian. It can be such drugs as drugs to support the work of the liver, kidneys, hearts, saline solutions, B vitamins, as well as iron preparations.
The choice of these or other preparations is determined by the veterinarian, depending on how hard pyroplasmosis is.
Pyroplasmosis in dogs: infection.
Pyroplasmosis is carried by mites. Peak diseases are caused by pyroplasmosis in spring and autumn, as mites are especially active in the warm season. But even in the summer, attacks of these insects are no exception. This disease is tolerated only by a tick, and therefore there is no need for a sick animal to comply with the quarantine regime. Since the mite lives where there are shrubs or forest belts, the main danger of infection through mites for dogs arises precisely in such places.
There are many varieties of ticks, but only the spreaders of pyroplasmosis are Ixodes ticks, which are common in almost all climatic zones.
Most ticks can get on the dog in the grass, in the meadow, in the bush or in the forest, that is almost everywhere, even within the city on a lawn or in forest parks. The tick bite itself is just an unpleasant event, the danger is that with a bite, it can infect an infection. In order for a tick to bite its prey, it may take a long time - from one hour to a day. While the insect has not bitten the skin, there is no danger of infection. Therefore it is necessary to carefully examine the dog after each walk, although this is a laborious and rather lengthy procedure. But this procedure is mandatory, since the tick must be destroyed before it bites the skin.
Symptoms of the disease.
The incubation period of pyroplasmosis is from two to fourteen days. What are the symptoms of the disease? Symptoms are manifested in the fact that an infected animal can refuse food, leads a passive, mostly recumbent lifestyle, raises the temperature, there is sluggishness. The urine of the animal acquires a brown color. When the disease progresses, the mucous membranes become yellow and become pale. Disease, with rare exceptions, is acute and in most cases ends in a fatal outcome. Lead to death anemia and intoxication, from which the infected animal suffers. The most survivable in this regard, the mongrel, the rest of the dogs necessarily require medical care. At the first symptoms of the disease you need to urgently contact the veterinarian! If the disease is started too late, you can lose your pet!
Prevention of the disease.
The dog, having been ill with this disease, almost completely loses immunity. The only way to prevent pyroplasmosis is a thorough check of animals after walking, as today, at least in our country, there is no vaccine against pyroplasmosis.
To protect an animal from attack by ticks is all that a dog owner can do to protect her health. Substances that repel ticks are called repellents, which are released in the form of aerosols or drops. One way is to impregnate the collars with repellents. In our country, the range of these drugs is very large. In order to protect the animal, it is necessary, in accordance with the instructions attached to the preparations, to process it throughout the year.
Do you want the animal to bring joy to you and your loved ones for many years - protect it!