Eng/Spa Parasites and mites on your pets? How to recognize them... / Parásitos y ácaros en tus mascotas? Como reconocerlos...

Flea

• It is an external parasite with a dark body and flattened laterally, with 3 pairs of legs, without wings, capable of jumping up to 30 centimeters.
• They can live on dogs, cats, and other animals.
• They feed on both animal and human blood.
• Female fleas can release up to 50 eggs in a day.
• They transmit diseases such as dipylidiosis (by ingesting a parasitized flea producing anal itching and sometimes diarrhea), allergic dermatitis to flea bites (constant itching and appearance of red and crusted skin lesions) among others.

Scabies mites

• Microscopic ectoparasite is like a small spider.
• Affects cats and dogs.
• Characterized by intense itching, fur loss and skin lesions.
• It transmits diseases such as localized or generalized demodectic mange (hair loss or bald patches on certain parts of the body or complete), otodectic mange (affects ears and ears producing secondary otitis) among others.
• In some cases it can be transmitted to humans, causing dermatitis that can be controlled and eradicated without major complications.

Ticks

• It is a parasite that feeds on blood.
• There are two types, males and females; the female has an oval body, gray color and tends to double its size as it feeds, the male has a flat body, brown color similar to a spider, it does not double its size.
• They affect mostly dogs and are very uncommon in cats.
• Females can release an average of 200 to 300 eggs per day.
• If the tick is infected, its bite causes Lyme disease in humans.
• They transmit diseases such as babesiosis (symptoms include anemia, vomiting, weakness); the most dangerous of all is canine ehrlichiosis caused by the bacterium rickettsia (causes anemia, loss of appetite, respiratory problems, lethargy and dechordinacion, which in turn affects the bone marrow); If not treated in time can cause death.

It is very important to maintain veterinary control, proper hygiene in pets and their spaces, deworming.

A pet is not a toy, it is a living being that feels, has needs and that by itself cannot always be taken care of, it is of vital importance to take care of it, give it love and neuter the pet to avoid pregnancies that in the long run generates that many of the puppies are left in the street abandoned or in shelters allowing the proliferation of these parasites.

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Pulga

• Es un parasito externo de cuerpo oscuro y aplanado lateralmente, con 3 pares de patas, sin alas, capaces de saltar hasta 30 centímetros.
• Pueden vivir en perros, gatos y otros animales.
• Se alimentan de sangre tanto de animales como humana.
• Las pulgas hembras pueden liberar hasta 50 huevos en un dia.
• Transmiten enfermedades como la dipilidiosis (por ingerir una pulga parasitada produciendo prurito anal y en ocasiones y diarrea), dermatitis alérgica a la picadura de la pulga (picazon constante y aparicion de lesiones en la piel rojas y con costras) entre otras.

Àcaro de la sarna

• Ectoparasito microscopico como una pequeña araña.
• Afecta a gatos y perros.
• Se caracteriza por generar un intenso picor, perdida del pelaje y lesiones en la piel.
• Transmite enfermedades como sarna demodècica localizada o generalizada (perdida de pelo o calvas en ciertas partes del cuerpo o completa), sarna otodèctica (afecta las orejas y oídos produciendo otitis secundaria) entre otras.
• En algunos casos se puede transmitir al ser humano; causando una dermatitis que puede ser controlada y erradicada sin mayores complicaciones.

Garrapatas

• Es un parásito que se alimenta de sangre.
• Existen dos tipos, machos y hembras; La hembra es de cuerpo ovalado, color gris y tiende a duplicar su tamaño a medida que se alimenta, el macho es de cuerpo plano, color marrón parecido a una araña, no duplica su tamaño.
• Afectan mayormente a los perros, es muy poco común encontrarlas en los gatos.
• Las hembras en promedio pueden liberar 200 a 300 huevos por dia.
• Si la garrapata esta infectada su picadura causa en los humanos la enfermedad de Lyme.
• Transmiten enfermedades como la babesiosis (de presentar síntomas destacan anemia, vomitos, debilidad); la mas peligrosa de todas es la erliquiosis canina causada por la bacteria rickettsia (produce anemia, perdida de apetito, problemas respiratorios, letargo y descordinacion, a su vez afecta la médula osea); Si no es tratada a tiempo puede causar la muerte.