Kodi udzudzu umaluma agalu? Mwatsoka, yankho ndi inde, izo ziri. Ndipo ngati simukuletsa kulumidwa ndi udzudzu, galu wanu ali pachiwopsezo cha matenda amtima. Ichi ndichifukwa chake kuli kofunika kuyikapo ndalama zothamangitsira udzudzu kwa agalu.
Udzudzu sumangoluma agalu
Si inu nokha amene mungatengedwe ngati mankhwala ndi udzudzu m'miyezi yachilimwe. Udzudzu ukhoza kuluma galu wanu.1 Nthawi zambiri amakopeka ndi malo ambiri a galu wanu, monga kumbuyo kapena kumbuyo, koma amatha kuluma mwana wanu kulikonse. Agalu nthawi zambiri amayabwa ndi udzudzu kwa maola angapo.
Koma kuyabwa si chinthu choyipa kwambiri chokhudza udzudzu. Nthawi zina agalu amatha kutenga matenda amtima chifukwa cholumidwa ndi udzudzu. Kulumidwa ndi udzudzu womwe uli ndi kachilomboka kumatha kuyambitsa nyongolotsi zosakhwima zotchedwa microfilariae m'magazi a galu wanu. Patapita miyezi ingapo, iwo amazika mizu mu mtima wa galu wanu ndi kuyamba kukula. Udzudzu ukaluma galu amene ali ndi kachilomboka, ukhoza kupatsira agaluwo nyongolotsizo, n’kupitiriza kutenga matendawo.
Udzudzu ungayambitsenso matenda ena, monga kachilombo ka West Nile kapena Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). Mitundu yonse iwiriyi ndi yosowa mwa agalu, koma ndizotheka kuwagwira.2 Agalu amathanso kutenga kachilombo ka Zika kuchokera ku udzudzu, koma izi sizikudziwika bwino chifukwa zochitika ndizosowa kwambiri.3 Ma virus onsewa amatha kukhala oopsa ngati udzudzu uluma anthu, chomwe ndi chifukwa china chotetezera nyumba yanu ku zilombo zazing'ono.
Yesani mankhwala oletsa udzudzu kwa agalu
Kuteteza galu wanu ku udzudzu ndikofunikira kuti muteteze mwana wanu ku nyongolotsi zamtima. Izi ndizosavuta kuchita ndi mankhwala othamangitsa udzudzu opangidwira agalu. Mutha kugulanso zothamangitsa utitiri ndi nkhupakupa zomwe zimathamangitsa udzudzu.
The Adams Flea and Tick Collar for Agalu ndi Anagalu amathamangitsa udzudzu * kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi pa kolala iliyonse. Phukusi lililonse limabwera ndi makola awiri, omwe amapereka chithandizo kwa chaka chonse. Makolala amtundu umodzi amatha kusintha komanso osalowa madzi. Zopangidwa ndi umisiri wokhalitsa, makolalawa ndi abwino kwambiri popewa utitiri ndi nkhupakupa zazikulu.
Adams Plus Flea & Tick Spot On for Agalu ndi chinthu chapamutu chomwe chingagwiritsidwe ntchito kwa galu wanu chomwe chimathamangitsa ndi kupha udzudzu. Mankhwalawa amaphanso utitiri wachikulire ndi nkhupakupa komanso amalepheretsa utitiri wobweranso kwa masiku 30 pa chithandizo chilichonse.
Kuwonjezera pa kuteteza galu wanu, mukhoza kuteteza bwalo lanu. Pewani madzi oyimirira kumene udzudzu umaswana, ndipo musatengere galu wanu panja madzulo kapena m'bandakucha pamene udzudzu uli wochuluka. Ngati mukufuna kutenga "chitetezo cha udzudzu" kupita pamlingo wina, mutha kuteteza ku tizilombo toyambitsa matenda ndi Adams Yard & Garden Spray. Kupopera uku sikungopha udzudzu, komanso utitiri, nkhupakupa ndi nyerere.
Tsoka ilo, udzudzu umangokhala ndi chidwi ndi galu wanu monga momwe ulili mwa inu. Ichi ndichifukwa chake ndikofunikira kukhala ndi mankhwala abwino othamangitsira udzudzu komanso kuchiritsa pabwalo lanu. Ndi kukonzekera pang'ono, inu ndi mwana wanu mukhoza kusangalala ndi zochitika zakunja monga momwe mukufunira popanda kudandaula ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda tikuwononga chisangalalo chanu.
1. Mahaney, Patrick. "Kulumidwa ndi Tizilombo 7 Kwa Agalu ndi Amphaka." PetMD, Epulo 24, 2015, https://www.petmd.com/dog/slideshows/parasites/common-bug-bites-on-dogs-cats?view_all=1.
2. Boma la anthu ambiri. "WNV ndi EEE mu zinyama". Mass.gov, https://www.mass.gov/service-details/wnv-and-eee-in-animals.
3. Yunivesite ya Illinois ku Urbana-Champaign, College of Veterinary Medicine. "Kodi chiweto changa chingatenge kachilombo ka Zika?" VetMed.Illinois.Edu, Seputembara 29, 2016, https://vetmed.illinois.edu/pet_column/zika-virus-pets/#:~:text=Inde, ena amatero, chitetezo chamthupi ku kachilomboka.
*kupatula California