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These days, small ticks have become the focus of attention. Many dog owners are worried about the death of ticks in Henan. Many citizens called our hotline 87270000 and said that ticks were found on their pet dogs. However, after consulting the relevant personnel of Tianen Pet Hospital and Municipal Animal Husbandry Bureau, the reporter learned that ticks on pets will not hurt people, but owners should do a good job in cleaning pets.

"My dog also has lice."

Ms. Jin, who lives in Xianxiang Town, Yinzhou, called our hotline and said that her pet dog had ticks. According to her, dogs have had bugs for nearly six years. Before that, she didn't care, thinking it was an ordinary tick, just scratching it by hand every week.

It was not until a few days ago that she read the news of the death of a tick in Henan in the newspaper that she noticed that after detailed comparison, the tick in the newspaper picture was exactly the same as the bug on her dog, only slightly smaller, so she "concluded" that the tick was on the dog. In addition, the pet dogs in more than 20 villages near her home are crawling with this bug all the year round, but everyone thinks it is just an ordinary bug.

Experts say that lice on dogs won't hurt people.

Yesterday afternoon, the reporter contacted Tianen Pet Hospital. According to Dr. Hong Guangguang, ticks on dogs generally do not cause harm to human body. In Henan, Ixodes grandiflora is fatal, while in Ningbo, domestic pets are mostly non-fatal Ixodes and soft ticks. Although they are all ticks, the species are completely different. Because the wet weather in summer and autumn is the high incidence of pet parasites, their hospital will treat a large number of ticks at this time of year.

Cleaning pets is the key to prevention and control.

Dr. Hong thinks it is best to use chemical agents, such as Bayer tick killer in Germany, which has a good effect and can make pets resist ticks effectively for 2 months. It is sold in all major pet hospitals in the city.

However, the best way to deal with pet ticks is to plan ahead and disinfect pets and their homes regularly. For pets that have found ticks, they should be sent to the hospital for treatment in time, and their owners can no longer have close contact with them.

According to Bao, chief of the prevention and control department of the Municipal Animal Husbandry Bureau, most of the pet ticks in Ningbo are in rural areas, while there are fewer pet ticks kept in cities. At present, there are only pet ticks in Ningbo, and no incidents of ticks hurting people have been found. Bao Huawei reminded the public not to panic about this.

Liu Ting, trainee reporter of Southeast Business Daily