Garrapatas

Parasitic disease that is pronounced at the summer time, the garrapata (rhipicephalus sanguineus) is located in the zones of the fine body of skin, but when the infestación is severe is distributed by all the body, it is fed very with blood causing in animals infested an anemic state, weakness and progressive enflaquecimiento, by action of the puncture and the irritativa saliva that eliminates the parasite, injures the skin (dermatitis nodulares), also produces upheavals neuromusculares that, in some cases, causes ?paralysis produced by the garrapata?.

The evolutionary cycle of the garrapata presents/displays, in addition to movable eggs, three stages: larvae, nymphs and adults, which means that in each stage it must be fed in an animal soon to fall to the ground. It is why ?garrapata of three guests? is denominated:
The adult female after feeding itself leaves the hospedador and after 4 0 5 days in the ground it puts of 1500 to 2000 eggs, these evolve in a period of 17-30 days, is necessary that it passes a dog so that the larva, raises feeds 3 0 4 days and low, the ground, walls, rubbish, etc, it soon becomes metalarva and nymph, here they look for 2° guest, they raise and 3 or 4 days are fed and lower to the walls, pastizales, cuchas, etc again, and change to metaninfas, where males and females are different themselves in, they look for 3° guest, they raise, are fed during 5 or 6 days, the copula takes place and leave the guest, this one is the female that lowers and puts eggs reinitiating the cycle.

The treatment is made with baths in the animal with a frequency of 10 to 15 days with garrapaticidas products with cipermetrinas, but also it is due to complement with fumigations in means where is the animal, patio, cuchas, caniles, etc, because a larva can be without feeding 1 year, the garrapatas climb until a meter, so there is to water or to fumigate the walls and cracks to that height.
At the moment there are products of type ?spot-on? that consist of a pipette that is placed on the back of the animal a single time and has a prolonged residual effect and every 4 weeks are made applications, with very good results and control of environment.

It is never necessary to take it with the hand because in that procedure the skin can be injured because the sucking apparatus of the head of the parasite, which has hooks, is left in the skin, causing a small hemorrhage, dermatitis and later infection, although at the moment is in discussion this theory, thinks that it is the irritating saliva the one that produces the injury, because but the times when taking it the head also is come off.

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Author: MV Enrique L. Fernandez De Vanna

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