Zviratidzo zveChirwere cheLyme muImbwa

Iwe unogona kusazviziva, asi imbwa, sevanhu, dzinogona kubata chirwere cheLyme kubva kumakiti. Zviratidzo zvechirwere cheLyme muimbwa zvinogona kunge zvisinganzwisisiki kana iwe usingazivi zvokutarisa. Ndicho chikonzero nei zvakakosha kuziva kwete zviratidzo chete, asiwo nguva dzose chengetedza imbwa yako kune zvikwekwe.

Chii chinonzi chirwere cheLyme?

Chirwere cheLyme chimwe chezvirwere zvinotapuriranwa nezvikwekwe. Yakatanga kushumwa muUnited States kare muna 1975 muLyme neOld Lyme, Connecticut, uko nhamba isina kujairika yevana yakanga ine zviratidzo zvakafanana nerheumatoid arthritis. Vana vese ava vakarumwa nezvikwekwe. Nyanzvi dzakazoona kuti chirwere cheLyme chinowanzokonzerwa nebhakitiriya re spirochete. Borrelia burgdorferi.¹ (Sezvineiwo, chirwere cheLyme chinogona kukonzerwa nemhando dzakasiyana dzehutachiona. borrelia, Asi Burgdorferi huzhinji muUnited States.) Utachiona hunodyidzana zvakananga nemasero emasero, zvichikonzera matambudziko akasiyana-siyana.

Chirwere cheLyme chinonyanya kutapuriranwa nechikwekwe chemhembwe (chinonziwo chikwekwe chine makumbo matema), kunyangwe chichigona kutapurirwa nemhando nhatu dzechikwekwe.² Kunyange zvazvo chirwere cheLyme chinowanzoonekwa mumbwa, chinogona kukanganisa katsi zvakare.

Chirwere cheLyme chinoitika kupi?

Chirwere cheLyme chinogona kuwanikwa mune chero chikamu cheUnited States, asi chinowanzoitika muNortheast, kumusoro Midwest, uye Pacific Coast.³ Kunyangwe mwaka wekikwekwe uchiwanzotanga muchirimo uye uchienderera mberi mukudonha, zvipembenene izvi zvinogona kushanda kana tembiricha ichikwira pamusoro pechando (32°F). Imbwa dzinowanzonhonga zvikwekwe munzvimbo dzine miti mikuru kana munzvimbo dzine makwenzi kana huswa hurefu. Zvikwekwe zvinogarawo kuseri kwemba uko dzimwe mhuka dzinodzisiya.

Zviratidzo zveChirwere cheLyme muImbwa

Imbwa hadzina hunhu hutsvuku, dzimwe nguva bull's-eye rash iyo isu vanhu tinoona, saka hutachiona hwemhuka yako inogona kunge isiri pachena. Nekudaro, zvimwe zvinojairika zviratidzo zvechirwere cheLyme mumbwa nekatsi zvinosanganisira:⁴

• Kupererwa nechido
• Kushungurudzika
• Kuneta
• Fever
• Joint kuzvimba kana kurwadziwa
• Kukamhina (kusakwanisa kufambisa maoko nemakumbo kazhinji)
• Kusada kufamba

Zviratidzo zvinogona kufambira mberi uye dzimwe nguva zvinouraya, saka zvakakosha kuti imbwa yako iongororwe kana ine chimwe chezviratidzo izvi.

Chiremba wemhuka achaita ongororo yemuviri uye akuudze nhoroondo yembwa yako. Kuti uone kana chipfuwo chako chabata chirwere cheLyme, chiremba wako wemhuka anowanzo kuraira kuongororwa ropa. Kuvapo kwemasoja ekudzivirira chirwere cheLyme muropa anogona kuratidza hutachiona hunoshanda, uye anowanzoonekwa mavhiki matatu kusvika mashanu mushure mekurumwa kwechikwekwe. Zvisinei, dzimwe nguva vanogona kuonekwa kunyange usati waona zviratidzo.

Kana bvunzo dzakadzoka dzakanaka, imbwa yako inowana mishonga inorwisa mabhakitiriya kwemavhiki mana. Dzimwe nguva kurapwa kwenguva refu kana kurapwa kunodiwa.

Kudzivirira chirwere cheLyme mumbwa

Dziviriro ndiyo yakanakisa kudzivirira kubva kune zvikwekwe, vatakuri vehutachiona hunokonzera chirwere cheLyme. Tarisa chipfuyo chako zuva rega rega nekuda kwezvipembenene izvi uye kana ukawana chikwekwe, chibvise ipapo. Izvi zvakakosha nekuti zvikwekwe zvinowanzotora zuva rimwechete kusvika maviri kutapurira chirwere cheLyme, saka kuzvibvisa nekukurumidza kunogona kuderedza njodzi.⁵

Zvakakosha kuti vese varidzi vezvipfuyo vazive kubvisa chikwekwe kubva pakatsi kana imbwa. Uchishandisa tweezers, tora chikwekwe uye dhonza zvakasimba uye zvakasimba kusvikira yakasununguka uye nzira yose yekubuda, iva nechokwadi chokuti wabvisa musoro. Nyura chikwekwe mukukwesha doro kuti riuraye, uye nyatsochenesa nekuuraya utachiona panzvimbo yarumwa.

Dzivirira chipfuyo chako zvakanyanya nechigadzirwa chinouraya chikwekwe seAdams Plus Flea uye Chikwekwe Kurapwa kweImbwa, icho chinopa kudzivirira kwenhata uye chikwekwe kwemazuva anosvika makumi matatu. The Adams Plus Flea and Tick Collar for Imbwa nePuppy inouraya nhata, zvikwekwe, nhata mazai nemakonye kwemwedzi mitanhatu. Sezvimwewo bhonasi, zvinhu izvi zvinodzinga umhutu.* Izvi zvinokosha nokuti imbwa dzinogona kutapukirwa neutachiona hweWest Nile, hunotakurwa neumhutu.

Kuchengetedza chipfuwo chako hakuna kukwana; iwe unoda kuchengetedza imba yako neruvanze zvipembenene zvakasununguka kukudzivirira iwe nembwa yako. Adams Indoor Flea uye Tick Spray kana Adams Plus Indoor Flea uye Tick Spray zvigadzirwa zvakanakisa zvekushandisa pamba, zvinopa kudzivirira kwenhata kwemwedzi minomwe. Funga kushandisa Adams Yard & Garden Spray, iyo inouraya nhata, zvikwekwe, umhutu, masvosve nezvimwe.

Chirwere cheLyme chinogona kukonzera zviratidzo zvakapfava mumbwa, asi dzimwe nguva imbwa dzinogona kuita zvakanyanya kubhakitiriya. Ndicho chikonzero nei zvakakosha kuchengetedza imbwa yako uye nguva dzose kutarisa zvikwekwe paunodzokera kumba kubva kunze kwekunakidzwa.

*kunze kweCalifornia

1. Lyme Bay Foundation. "Borrelia burgdorferi". BayAreaLyme.org, https://www.bayarealyme.org/about-lyme/what-causes-lyme-disease/borrelia-burgdorferi/.

2. Straubinger, Reinhard K. "Chirwere cheLyme (Lyme borreliosis) mumbwa." Chikumi 2018. Merck Veterinary Manual, https://www.merckvetmanual.com/dog-owners/disorders-affecting-multiple-body-systems-of-dogs/lyme-disease-lyme-borreliosis-in-dogs.

3. Ibid.

4. Meyers, Harriet. "Chirwere cheLyme muImbwa: Zviratidzo, Miedzo, Kurapa uye Kudzivirira." AKC, Chivabvu 15, 2020, https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/lyme-disease-in-dogs/.

5. Straubinger, https://www.merckvetmanual.com/dog-owners/disorders-affecting-multiple-body-systems-of-dogs/lyme-disease-lyme-borreliosis-in-dogs.