Umhutu hunoruma imbwa here? Zvinosuruvarisa, mhinduro ndihongu, ndizvo. Uye kana ukasadzivirira kurumwa neumhutu, imbwa yako iri panjodzi yechirwere chemoyo. Ichi ndicho chikonzero zvakakosha kuisa mari mumishonga inodzinga imbwa.
Umhutu haungoruma imbwa chete
Hausiwe wega unganzi unobatwa neumhutu mumwedzi yezhizha. Umhutu hunogona kuruma imbwa yako.1 Ivo vanowanzokweverwa kunzvimbo dzakakura dzembwa yako, senge kumashure kana makumbo eshure, asi vanogona kuruma pup yako chero kupi. Imbwa dzinowanzo kurumwa neumhutu kwemaawa mashoma.
Asi kukwenya hachisi chinhu chakaipisisa pamusoro peumhutu. Dzimwe nguva imbwa dzinogona kubatwa neheartworms kubva pakurumwa neumhutu. Kurumwa neumhutu hune utachiona hunogona kupinza makonye asati akura anonzi microfilariae muropa rembwa yako. Mushure memwedzi mishoma, vanodzika midzi mumoyo wembwa yako uye vanotanga kukura. Kana mosquito ikaruma imbwa ine utachiona, inogona kupfuudza maronda emwoyo kune dzimwe imbwa, ichienderera mberi nekutenderera kweutachiona.
Umhutu hunogonawo kukonzera zvimwe zvirwere, zvakadai seWest Nile virus kana Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). Mhando mbiri idzi hadziwanzo mumbwa, asi zvinokwanisika kudzibata.2 Imbwa dzinogonawo kubata hutachiona hweZika kubva kuumhutu, asi izvi hazvina kunyatsojeka sezvo zviitiko zvisingawanzo.3 Ese mavhairasi aya anogona kuve akakomba kana umhutu hune hutachiona hukaruma vanhu, chinova chimwe chikonzero chekudzivirira imba yako kubva kune zvikara zvishoma.
Edzai mushonga wekudzinga umhutu kumbwa
Kuchengetedza imbwa yako kubva kuumhutu kunokosha kuchengetedza mwana wako kubva kumwoyo. Izvi zviri nyore kuita nemishonga inodzinga umhutu yakagadzirirwa imbwa. Unogonawo kutenga zvinodzinga nhata uye zvikwekwe, izvo zvinozowedzera kudzinga umhutu.
The Adams Flea and Tick Collar for Dogs and Puppies inodzinga umhutu* kwemwedzi inosvika mitanhatu pakora. Imwe neimwe pasuru inouya nemakora maviri, ichipa kuvharwa kwegore rose. Iyo imwe-saizi-inokodzera-ose makora anochinjika uye haana mvura. Yakagadzirwa nehunyanzvi hwekugara kwenguva refu, makora aya akanakisa kudzivirira nhata dzevakuru uye zvikwekwe.
Adams Plus Flea & Tick Spot On for Imbwa chigadzirwa chepamusoro chinogona kuiswa kumbwa yako chinodzinga nekuuraya umhutu. Chigadzirwa chacho chinourayawo nhata dzevakuru nezvikwekwe uye chinodzivirira kudzoreredzwa kwenhata kwemazuva anosvika makumi matatu pakurapa.
Mukuwedzera pakudzivirira imbwa yako, unogonawo kuchengetedza yadhi yako. Dzivisa mvura yakamira panogona kuberekerwa umhutu, uye usaendese imbwa yako kunze kwasviba kana mambakwedza apo umhutu hunenge huchinyanya kushingaira. Kana iwe uchida kutora yako "kudzivirira mosquito" kune inotevera nhanho, iwe unogona kuwedzera kudzivirira kubva kune pesky bugs neAdams Yard & Garden Spray. Iyi pfapfaidzo haiurayi umhutu chete, asiwo nhata, zvikwekwe nemajuru.
Zvinosuruvarisa, umhutu hunongofarira imbwa yako sezvavari mauri. Ndosaka zvakakosha kuti uve nemushonga wakanaka wekudzinga umhutu pamwe nekurapa chivanze chako. Nekugadzirira kushoma, iwe nemwana wako munogona kunakidzwa nekushanya kwakawanda kwekunze sezvaunoda pasina kunetseka kwezvipembenene zvinoputika zvinoparadza kunakidzwa kwako.
1. Mahaney, Patrick. "7 Kurumwa Kwezvipembenene muImbwa neKatsi." PetMD, Kubvumbi 24, 2015, https://www.petmd.com/dog/slideshows/parasites/common-bug-bites-on-dogs-cats?view_all=1.
2. Hurumende yeruzhinji. "WNV uye EEE mumhuka." Mass.gov, https://www.mass.gov/service-details/wnv-and-eee-in-animals.
3. University of Illinois kuUrbana-Champaign, College of Veterinary Medicine. "Chipfuwo changu chinogona kuwana hutachiona hweZika?" VetMed.Illinois.Edu, Gunyana 29, 2016, https://vetmed.illinois.edu/pet_column/zika-virus-pets/#:~:text=Ehe, vamwe vanodaro, mhinduro yekuzvidzivirira kuhutachiona.
*kunze kweCalifornia