In order to know how to treat, you need to understand what to treat.
Ticks Iksodovye - are arthropods wingless insects, which are parasites for warm-blooded individuals - both for humans and their four-legged pets. Feed on the mites blood. The main threat of bites occurs in April-June and August-September. Ticks are terrible because apart from the actual bite and loss of blood, as well as the possibility of infection in the wound from the external environment, they themselves are carriers of dangerous diseases.
What threatens the tick bite the dog?
It should be noted that the theme of dogs and ticks requires additional attention. Due to the fact that dogs are in a number of parameters fall into a special zone of risk. Here you can recall the mobility of our pets, and their passion for grass-bush, and their often abundant woolen cover. In this case, an animal bitten by an insect is at risk of contracting two serious diseases: pyroplasmosis and borreliosis. The first is carried by parasites contained in the mite's saliva, and destroying the blood cells. The second - much less common - is bacterial, and leads to joint damage and lameness. In both cases, the animal experiences an increase in body temperature, apathy, a refusal of food. In particularly neglected forms of the disease can be fatal. The main symptoms appear after the incubation period (from 5 days to a month), while the condition of the dog immediately after the tick bite is characterized by increased nervousness and an allergic reaction to the body in the bite region.
How to treat a dog against ticks?
The best measure of protecting a dog is the preventive treatment of an animal, which is carried out using acaricidal drugs. They are produced in two forms: collars and drops for withers. Are safe for pets. But you need to know that they do not give a 100% security guarantee. Only your attentiveness can provide additional protection. The reaction of a dog to a tick bite is often standard: the animal constantly strives to lick or tear the place of the bite. This behavior should alert the owner. It is necessary to immediately inspect the body of the animal, paying special attention to the head, paws and groin.
Found a tick - try to get rid of it. To do this, you can grab it with tweezers closer to the proboscis and rotate movements, slowly, "twist" the insect. Also, the popular method of lubricating the place of bite with petroleum or oil, which leads to the loss of an insect, also works. After removing the tick, the place of bite should be treated with greenery or iodine. Then we observe the animal. If additional signs did not appear, then you were lucky and the treatment ended. If the animal starts to look and feel unhealthy, then with a probability of 95% it is infected with pyroplasmosis. The diagnosis can finally confirm the blood test. The treatment of this disease is medicated and is carried out in two directions: the fight against infection and the fight against consequences.
- Intoxication of the body is removed with the help of preparations - organic dyes. This includes, for example, a 7% solution of veriben, administered intramuscularly at a rate of 3.5 mg per 1 kg of body weight. However, this drug is toxic not only for infection, but for the animal, and therefore it must be applied strictly under the supervision of a veterinarian.
- Symptomatic consequences of a tick bite in a dog are eliminated by general restorative treatment, including the administration of caffeine subcutaneously, calcium chloride intravenously, vitamins in various forms. Immunomodulators, drugs for increasing blood coagulability and heart medications are also used.
Effective are lotions and baths from salt solutions.
Thus, every breeder should have a common understanding of what to do in a situation where the dog is bitten by a tick and how to treat it afterwards. However, you should be aware that by diagnosing and prescribing drugs yourself, you risk the life of your dog. In this case, death can be caused not only by bite and infection, but also by the misuse of the standard treatment regimen: it contains very aggressive drugs that require, at a minimum, constant monitoring of the tests.