Mary Allen
I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hoʻolilo mākou ma Suedena i nā miliona he nui no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka tick repellents e pale aku i kā mākou mau hoaaloha ʻīlio. I ka makahiki 2016, ua kūʻai ʻia aku ma mua o hoʻokahi miliona mau doses o ka tick repellent i nā lāʻau lapaʻau.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau kaulana loa ʻo Frontline, i hāʻule ʻia ma ka ʻāʻī o ka ʻīlio a ʻaʻole i kau ʻia. ʻO ka lua o ka lāʻau lapaʻau kaulana loa ʻo Bravecto he papa maʻa maʻi. Akā e like me nā helu mua, ʻo 89 o nā hōʻike hopena ʻaoʻao 120 i loaʻa e ka Medical Products Agency ma 2016 e pili ana iā Bravecto. Ma waena o kēia mau helu i manaʻo ʻia he ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a me nā hopena koʻikoʻi.
Nā Hoʻopaʻa Huakaʻi
I kēia manawa, liʻiliʻi loa ka ʻikepili, a ke hilinaʻi nei ia i nā mea lapaʻau e hōʻike ana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao i manaʻo ʻia i mea e hoʻoholo ai i ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā tick repellents. Akā ʻo ka nūhou maikaʻi ʻo ia ka European Medicines Agency (EMA) e noiʻi nei iā Bravecto.
I Iune, manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopau ʻia ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana, a laila manaʻolana mākou e loaʻa hou aku ka ʻike e pili ana i ka hopena o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i kā mākou ʻīlio. He hikiwawe loa ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kekahi mea maʻamau e pili ana i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana, akā e like me nā hoʻomākaukau āpau a mākou e hoʻohana ai i kā mākou ʻīlio, he mea nui ia e nānā pono i ka ʻīlio a nānā i nā hopena ʻaoʻao.
Pehea e pili ana i kāu ʻīlio ponoʻī?
Nui nā hoʻomākaukau e kūʻē i nā ticks ma ke kālepa, a he paʻakikī ke ʻike i ka mea kūpono i kāu ʻīlio ponoʻī. I ka manawa like, he monkey maoli ka ticks no ko mākou mau hoa wāwae ʻehā. He aha kāu e hana ai no ka pale ʻana i kāu ʻīlio mai nā ʻili? Ke hoʻohana nei ʻoe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, tick collar, a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻē aʻe? Ua palekana paha ʻoe me kēlā hoʻonā?