Summer phenomenon “duck fleas” in the dog – dog messages

When itches in humans and animals for swimming.

Ingelheim. Summer days at the lake – for many dogs a feast of splashes, digging and swimming. But sometimes the pleasure in the water follows an unpleasant souvenir: itching, redness or whispering on skin areas, especially on the stomach or on the paws. The diagnosis? It is not uncommon for bathing leakatitis, also known as “cercaria dermatitis” or colloquially: duck fleas.

Even if the name is misleading: the triggers are not a fleas, but a merky – larvae of suction worms that usually affect water birds. Insert into the skin of humans or animals, trigger a local skin reaction. While people are more often affected – mainly at unprotected skin areas – reactions can also occur in dogs. Symptoms often occur particularly on less hairy parts of the body such as paws, stomach or chest. The hair dress protects in a way – but dogs are not immune.

The good news: The symptoms usually disappear within a few days. Serious health consequences are rare. Nevertheless, the following applies: If itching or vacancies, the veterinarian should take a look at it.

And what if it doesn't come from the lake? Scratch and unrest-this can also have other causes: real fleas are not a summer mood of nature, but serious parasites. They live from the blood of their hosts, multiply quickly and can also transmit diseases or tapeworms in addition to skin irritation.

Against Zerkaria (“Duck fleas”) Only helps thorough showering to the bathroom in the lake. With real fleas you can consistently prevent. In innovative tablet form, for example, FrontPro protects the first over -the -counter chewing tablet against ticks and fleas in the dog. The chewing tablet is easy to give, offers quick and effective protection and acts against parasites for up to a month.

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