WHERE TO FIND TICKS ON YOUR PET
Ticks have
predilection sites on their host, these are those parts of your pet where the
ticks are most likely to be found. This does not rule out the fact that they can
be found on any part of the pet.
Ticks are found attached to their host in between the toes (digits),
the underbelly, the neck and most times in the ear. Some ticks can also be
found at the base of the tail and on the face.
PEST OF PETS: TICK INFESTATION IN DOGS AND CATS
Tick infestation is a major problem affecting pets and farm animals all over the world. The site can be very unpleasant and I'm very sure no pet owner like to see them on their pets, so also pets do not like them on their body as well.
Ticks are vectors of various diseases of cats and dogs, they cause itching, aneamia, restlessness, trauma (wound) on the skin, loss of hair and so on. it is also pertinent to note that most ticks are host specific, i.e ticks of dogs do not infest cats.
DOG REVIEW: CAUCASIAN SHEPHERD DOG
Description
The Caucasian Shepherd dog's original purpose was to protect livestock but now mostly kept as pet in the house or as guard dogs.
Below are some of its characteristics
- The Caucasian Shepherd dog has moderate deep-set dark eyes.
- The ears are densely covered with hair.
- The forelimbs are long, straight and densely boned.
The paws are large and heavy, with hair between the toes, providing excellent insulation and protection.
- The nose is black and prominent with well opened, large nostrils.
- The thick, dense, weather-resistant coat has profuse feathering
- Puppy coats are finer then adult coats.
- The hips are slightly raised from the line of the back.
- The tail is profusely covered with long feathering of heavy hair.
- In its native country the Caucasian ears are cropped short.
FOR PURCHASE OF PURE BREED OF CAUCASIAN CONTACT:
Dr. Mann on +2348131302108
YOUR PETS AND EBOLA
It is heartbreaking to see pet owners abandoning their pets these days because of the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease.
it is true that Ebola is a Zoonotic disease, spread or transmitted by fruit bats, monkeys and other wild animals, but it will not be right to assume our pets are infected. This is because they are mostly caged and their movement restricted, therefore they have had no contact with the wild and are therefore not infected, except if you let your pet stray.
If Transmission of the virus is through contact with an infected person or animal secretions, your pets should be the ones complaining or avoiding you because you might have had contact with an infected person or animal on your daily activities.
Therefore your animals are safe if you have taken measures to protect them from other animals that stray around.
In the veterinary Hospital where I am currently serving a pet owner said he had to bring his pet monkey to us because his wife and neighbors are no longer comfortable with the animal around. They complained that the animal will bring Ebola to them. He also said his wife has refused to feed the monkey for some days now.
it is true that Ebola is a Zoonotic disease, spread or transmitted by fruit bats, monkeys and other wild animals, but it will not be right to assume our pets are infected. This is because they are mostly caged and their movement restricted, therefore they have had no contact with the wild and are therefore not infected, except if you let your pet stray.
If Transmission of the virus is through contact with an infected person or animal secretions, your pets should be the ones complaining or avoiding you because you might have had contact with an infected person or animal on your daily activities.
Therefore your animals are safe if you have taken measures to protect them from other animals that stray around.
ZOONOTIC DISEASES
ZOONOSES
This is any disease or infection that is transmissible from animals to humans.
Animals thus play an essential role in maintaining zoonotic infections in nature.
Zoonoses may be bacterial, viral, fungi or parasitic.
This is any disease or infection that is transmissible from animals to humans.
Animals thus play an essential role in maintaining zoonotic infections in nature.
Zoonoses may be bacterial, viral, fungi or parasitic.
Bacterial Zoonoses
Every year millions of people get sick because of foodborne zoonoses such as Salmonellosis and Campylobacteriosis which cause fever, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, malaise and nausea.
Other bacterial zoonoses are anthrax, brucellosis, infection by verotoxigenic Escherichia coli, leptospirosis, plague, Q fever, shigellosis and tularaemia.
PARASITIC Zoonoses
Parasitic disease such as Cysticercosis/Taeniasis which infects swine can also affect human causing seizures, headache and many other symptoms. Other parasitic zoonoses are trematodosis, echinococcosis/hydatidosis, toxoplasmosis and trichinellosis.
VIRAL ZOONOSES
Most common of them is Rabies, a disease of carnivores and bats mainly transmissible to humans by bites. Almost all persons infected by rabid animals will die if not treated. An estimated number of 55 000 persons, mainly children, die of this disease in the world every year. Dogs are responsible for most human deaths. Other viral zoonoses are avian influenza, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Ebola and Rift Valley fever
