Protecting Your Pet from Parasites

FOR PET LOVERS, KEEPING YOUR FUR-BABY SAY FROM PARASITES CAN BE A CONSTANT STRUGGLE. THE CDC HAS SEEN TICK BITES INHUMANS SURGED TO ITS HIGHEST RATE IN DECADES. AND THE NEW WORLD SCREWWORM HAS RECENTLY BEEN FOUND IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO IN ANIMALS. BUT ASIDE FROM KEEPING YOUR FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS INDOORS, THERE ARE STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO KEEP THEM SAFE. WGCUS CARY BARBOR HAS MORE. >> WHAT PARASITIC INFECTIONS ARE ON THE RISE THESE DAYS >> ABSOLUTELY. AS YOU MENTIONED, PARASITES ARE HAVING A PARTICULAR HEYDAY WHICH CAN BE A BIT CHALLENGING FOR BOTH PETS AND THEIR PEOPLE. BUT FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP KEEP PETS SAFE. YOU'VE LIKELY HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS ABOUT NEW WORLD SCREWWORM NEW WORLD SCREWWORM HAS RECENTLY REEMERGED IN THE UNITED STATES. IT'S IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO RIGHT NOW. IT CONTINUES TO POSE A THREAT FOR EXPANSION ALONG THE TEXAS MEXICO BORDER AS WELL AS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. SO WE NEED TO BE PARTICULARLY VIGILANT. I KNOW FLORIDA IS UNFORTUNATELY SOMEWHAT WELL VERSED IN THIS AS WE SAW A NEW WORLD SCREWWORM TRIED TO MAKE A COMEBACK IN THE KEY DEER IN 2017. LUCKILY THAT OUTBREAK WAS CONTAINED AND WAS THAT KEPT UNDER CONTROL RELATIVELY QUICKLY. BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY PARASITE THREATS THAT PATS ARE FACING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW. >> WHAT SHOULD PET OWNERS BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR IF THEY SUSPECT SOME SOME A PARASITIC INFECTION IN THE IN A PET. >> YEAH. IF YOU SUSPECT A PERSON TO PARASITIC INFECTION AND A PET, ESPECIALLY IF YOU SUSPECT NEW WORLD SCREWWORM IN YOUR PET CONTACT. YOUR VETERINARIAN IMMEDIATELY. NEW WORLD SCREWWORM IS AN EMERGENCY THREAT THAT PET DOES NEED IMMEDIATE VETERINARY CARE. SOME SIGNS COULD BE AN UNEXPECTED WOUND, A WOUND THAT'S ENLARGING MAYBE HAS A FOUL ODOR, SOME DISCHARGE AND HAS GROW SAYS THIS MAY SEEM YOU MIGHT SEE SOME GLISTENING MOVEMENT. YOU MIGHT BE SEEING THE MAGGOTS AND THAT WOUND. THAT'S THE LARVAL STAGE. A NEW WORLD SCREWWORM WHERE IT GETS ITS NAME. IF YOU SEE THAT, DON'T PANIC. CONTACT YOUR VETERINARIAN IMMEDIATELY. AND THEN MOVING TO FLEAS TECH, SUSPECTING OTHER PARASITES. TALK TO YOUR VETERINARIAN, EVEN IF YOU AREN'T ALREADY SEEING FLEES AND TAKES AND YOUR PET, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU TALK TO YOUR VETERINARIAN TODAY ABOUT GETTING ON PROACTIVE BROAD-SPECTRUM COVERAGE >> FOR ALL THE MORE REASON TO HAVE A GOOD ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH A VETERINARIAN. WHO KNOWS YOUR PAD AND KNOWS YOU. AND YEAH, IT'S SO SOME PEOPLE ARE KIND OF MAKING THAT CALLED FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THE DOG IS IN TROUBLE. IT'S THE WHICH IS NOT GREAT. SO. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I REALLY THINK THAT. WELL, IT IS BOTH CONCERNING THAT WE'VE HAD SO MUCH INCREASE IN PARASITE ACTIVITY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. WE CAN LOOK AT IT AS A REALLY GREAT THING BECAUSE IT CAN GET PET OWNERS TO ESTABLISH THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR VETERINARIAN THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF ITS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS TO GET IN THERE AND FINALLY GET THAT RELATIONSHIP GOING WITH YOUR LOCAL THAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR CASEY LOTT THERE. IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE AND REALLY HELPFUL TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING