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Create awareness on tick fever
The discomfort of summers is not just limited to humans; the harsh sun can affect your pets alike. Heat stroke is common during the hot season, however, when ignored it might turn fatal for your beloved animals.
Pet health
The discomfort of summers is not just limited to humans; the harsh sun can affect your pets alike. Heat stroke is common during the hot season, however, when ignored it might turn fatal for your beloved animals. In this regard, Hyderabad Paws and Dr Lakshmi organised the programme ‘Create Awareness on Tick Fever’ at Animal clinic care in Banjara Hills.
“Tick fever is most prevalent in dogs and it is affects the overall health of your pet. When a dog is bitten by an infected tick, saliva full of the rickketsia is released into it, which then gets into the blood circulation and infects the dog. The infected blood system causes bleeding disorders and clotting problems. As a result, dogs can die because of internal bleeding,” said Dr Lakshmi on the risk factors of the disease.
“The parasite predominantly affects large breed dogs like Labradors, Great Dane and Saint Bernard most mastiff family. It is important to kill not only the infected tick, but also the eggs and nymphs” she adds. Symptoms indicating towards tick fever include, lack of appetite, fever, nosebleeds, runny eyes and nose, weight loss, depression, eye problems, bleeding through the skin and bruising, vomiting, diarrhoea, joint pain and lameness, stiffness of the neck and seizures.
Precautions
• Avoid areas where ticks are most abundant, including wooded areas, underbrush, tall grass, bushes, and leaf litter.
• Be sure to clear dead or rotting vegetation from your home and rake up fallen leaves, twigs and branches.
• Ticks can also be in grass and gardens. Many pets get ticks in their own yards! They tend to be more prevalent in rural and wilderness areas or in suburban areas with wilderness areas nearby.
• Be sure to inspect your dog each time you go on a walk in nature, or if you live in a wooded area, especially in the spring and summer, when ticks are more prevalent.
• An easy way to spot ticks on dog's coat is to go through your dog's coat with an air blower (hair dryer). Otherwise brushing the fur or running your hands through his/her coat is a good
