Heartworm mu agalu: zomwe muyenera kudziwa za izo

Pamene mudaitana mnansi wanu m'mawa uno kuti mupite naye ku paki ndi ziweto zanu, mudadabwa kuti iye kapena galu wake sanakuwoneni. Anangobwera kumene kuchokera kwa vet komwe adapeza kuti chiweto chake chili ndi nyongolotsi ndipo akufuna kuti apume ndikuchira.

Kumva mawu awa, simunamvetsetse zomwe zimachitika ndi nyongolotsi yamtima mwa agalu. Kodi galu wake adzapulumuka? Kodi chiweto chanu chingatenge kachilomboka?

Kodi nyongolotsi yamtima mwa agalu ndi chiyani?

Dirofilariasis ya mtima ndi matenda oopsa pamene thupi la chiweto liri ndi nyongolotsi zamtima ( Dirofilaria immitis ) zomwe zimakhala mu mtima wa chiweto, mapapo, ndi mitsempha ya magazi. Matendawa ndi akupha ndipo angayambitse kulephera kwa mtima ndi matenda a m'mapapo, komanso kuwonjezereka kwa matenda omwe alipo panopa.

Mwina mumadzifunsa kuti: Kodi nyongolotsi zamtima zimakhaladi m’thupi la galu? Mwaukadaulo, zili choncho. Ngakhale zingamveke zonyansa bwanji, tizilombo toyambitsa matenda timeneti timayamba kuchoka ku mphutsi n’kukhala nyongolotsi zazikulu. Malingana ndi US Food and Drug Administration, moyo wa nyongolotsi mu thupi la nyama ukhoza kufika zaka 5-7, ndipo kukula kwake ndi 10-15 masentimita mwa amuna ndi 25-30 masentimita mwa akazi. Tikukulangizani kuti muyambe kugaya izi!

Kodi galu angatenge bwanji matenda a mtima?

Dirofilariasis ya mtima imafalikira mwa kulumidwa ndi udzudzu womwe uli ndi kachilomboka ndi kachilombo koyambitsa matenda a filaria, kamene kamayambitsa mphutsi ndiyeno kukhala wamkulu. Ikakwerana ndi yaimuna, yaikazi yachikulire imayala ana m’mitsempha yamagazi ya nyamayo, zomwe zimamaliza moyo wa nyongolotsi.

Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti galu yemwe ali ndi matenda amtima sapatsirana ndi ziweto zina (kotero bwenzi lanu likhoza kuyendabe ndi inu). Galu yemwe ali ndi kachilombo sangafalitse tizilomboto chifukwa chokhala pafupi. Dirofilariasis ya mtima imatha kutenga kachilombo kokha mwa kulumidwa ndi wonyamula udzudzu.

Samalani zotsatirazi zizindikiro za dirofilariasis a mtima

Nanga ndi zizindikiro ziti zosonyeza kuti galu ali ndi nyongolotsi za mtima? Malinga ndi bungwe la US Food and Drug Administration, pali magawo anayi a dirofilariasis a mtima, ndipo zizindikiro zosiyanasiyana zimawonekera pazigawo zosiyanasiyana. Gawo 1: Simungazindikire zizindikiro zilizonse, koma mukatero, ndi chifuwa chochepa. Zizindikiro zazikulu zimawonekera pagawo la 2. Mutha kuona kuti galu amatopa msanga pambuyo pochita masewera olimbitsa thupi kapena akutsokomola pafupipafupi. Mu gawo 3, zizindikiro zimawonekera kwambiri ndipo zimakhala ndi chifuwa chosatha. Galu wanu amatopa ngakhale ndi katundu wochepa. Mugawo lachitatu, kupuma kumakhala kovuta.

Ndipo potsiriza, gawo 4, kapena otchedwa vena cava syndrome. Chifukwa cha vutoli ndi kudzikundikira kwakukulu kwa nyongolotsi zomwe zimalepheretsa kubwereranso ku mtima wa galu, kotero kuti opaleshoni yachangu ikufunika. Popanda opaleshoni, siteji 4 ndi yoopsa. Matenda a Heartworm sapita patsogolo mpaka 4 mwa agalu onse, koma ndikofunikira kudziwa gawo lenileni la matendawa mu chiweto kuti mupewe zotsatira zoyipa.

Ngati mukuganiza kuti galu wanu ali ndi zizindikiro za matenda a mtima, mutengereni kwa veterinarian mwamsanga. Dokotala atenge magazi kuti adziwe ngati nyamayo ili ndi mphutsi. Ngati galuyo ali ndi kachilombo, dokotala amalangiza chithandizo kapena opaleshoni, malinga ndi momwe alili.

Kodi mungapewe bwanji dirofilariasis ya mtima?

Nkhani yabwino ndiyakuti pali mankhwala oletsa matenda a heartworm. Veterinarian wanu akhoza kukupatsani mankhwala apakhungu kapena amkamwa, piritsi limodzi pamwezi. Mankhwala oletsa matenda ayenera kumwedwa chaka chonse (ngakhale kuti udzudzu umafa m'nyengo yozizira), choncho musalumphe mankhwala. Kupewa koyenera kudzakuthandizani kuti musadandaule, koma ndikofunikira kuyang'anira nthawi zonse kusintha kwa thanzi la chiweto. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, pitani patsamba la Heartworm Society. Komanso, pakayendera galu wanu, onetsetsani kuti mwawonana ndi veterinarian wanu, fufuzani magazi ngati muli ndi nyongolotsi, ndipo funsani za njira zopewera matenda kuti chiweto chanu chikhale ndi moyo wathanzi.