Chimbwa cha galu - Ixode, Dermacentor kapena Rhipicephalus - ndi nthata yayikulu yamagazi, ndiye kuti, yomwe imadyetsa magazi kuti ukhale ndi moyo. Imamatira paudzu utali woyembekezera kudutsa nyama. Wophatikizidwa ndi mutu pakhungu, nkhuku ya galu imatha kukhala pamenepo masiku 5 mpaka 7 ikamaliza kudya magazi. Pakudya izi, amatulutsa malovu mumitsinje yamagazi ya nyama yake.

Popita nthawi, imakula mpaka ikafika kukula ngati nsawawa. Akamaliza kudya, amachoka pakhungu la galu ndikugwa pansi kuti asungunuke kapena kukwerana ndikuikira mazira.

Nkhupakupa zimagwira ntchito masika ndi kugwa.

Nkhupakupa zimakhala ndi mawonekedwe omwe amasintha kutengera nthawi yomwe amapezeka.

Ali ndi mutu wawung'ono kwambiri wozunguliridwa ndi miyendo yambiri (8 yonse), nthawi zambiri kumakhala kovuta kuwerengera. Kumbuyo kwa miyendo kuli thupi la nkhuku, yayikulu kuposa mutu. Asanalume galu kapena koyambirira kwa magazi, thupi la nkhupakupa ndi laling'ono komanso kukula kwake ngati mutu wa pini. Chizindikiro chikhoza kuwoneka choyera kapena chakuda.

Akadzazidwa ndi magazi, kukula kwa mimba yake kumakula pang'onopang'ono ndikusintha utoto: umakhala woyera kapena wotuwa.

Nthawi zonse chotsani nkhupakupa kwa galu wanu posachedwa. Poyeneradi, nkhupakupa ndi mavekitala a matenda angapo owopsa komanso owopsa agalu, monga piroplasmosis, matenda a Lyme (Borreliosis) kapena ehrlichiosis mwachitsanzo.

Pali katemera wa piroplasmosis ndi matenda a Lyme agalu. Mutha kulowetsa galu wanu katemera wa matenda onsewa ngati akuwululidwa. Amathabe kutenga matenda amodzi mwa awiriwa kuchokera ku katemerayu, koma atha kupulumutsa moyo wake ngati angatenge kachilomboka.

Tetezani galu wanu ndi antiparasitic yakunja yomwe imagwira ntchito motsutsana ndi nkhupakupa za galu. Nthawi zambiri amachita zotsutsana utitiri wa agalu. Gwiritsani ntchito mankhwalawa ngakhale atalandira katemera, zidzawonjezera chitetezo chake ndipo katemera samateteza matenda onse omwe amafalitsidwa ndi nkhupakupa. Veterinarian wanu adzakulangizani za mankhwala abwino kwambiri omwe mungalembetse galu wanu (pipette kapena anti-tick collar).

Onetsetsani malaya ndi khungu la galu wanu ndipo fufuzani nkhupakupa mukamayenda kulikonse, makamaka mukapita kuthengo kapena kunkhalango. Mutha kukhala ndi chizolowezi ichi ngakhale galu atalandira katemera ndikulandila nkhupakupa.

Sikuti nkhupakupa zonse zimakhala ndi tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, choncho ngati mutapeza nkhuku pa galu wanu muchotseni ndi ndowe, makamaka musanadzaze magazi. Kenako onetsetsani masabata atatu otsatirawa mkodzo, njala, momwe zimakhalira ndipo ngati ali wokhumudwa,kutentha za galu. Ngati mkodzo wasanduka mdima, watentha thupi, kapena mwadzidzidzi wayamba kunyinyirika, wonani veteti yanu ndipo mumudziwitse mukachotsa nkhupakupa.

Kuchotsa nkhupakupa, simuyenera kugwiritsa ntchito ether kapena tweezers.. Mutha kusiya "mutu" wa nkhupakupa pakhungu la galu wanu ndikupanga matenda. Zitha kulimbikitsanso malovu a nkhupakupa kuthawira m'magazi ndikuwonjezera chiopsezo chodetsa nkhupakupa ngati ali onyamula tizilombo toyambitsa matenda a piroplasmosis agalu, mwachitsanzo.

Kuchotsa nkhupakupa, timagwiritsa ntchito ndowe (kapena yokhotakhota) kukula kwake koyenera kukula kwa nkhupakupa. Zilipo kuti zigulitsidwe kuchokera kwa onse veterinarians. Nkhata yokhala ndi nthambi ziwiri. Muyenera kuyika ndowe pakhungu ndikuyika nthambi mbali zonse ziwiri za nkhupakupa. Ndiye muyenera kutembenuka mokoma ndi pang'ono kukoka mbedza kumtunda. Khalani pafupi ndi khungu. Tsitsi limatha kupindika pakamayendetsa pang'ono. Mutatembenuka kangapo, nkhukuyo imachoka yokha ndipo mumayisonkhanitsa. Mutha kumupha. Sanjani khungu lanu la galu. Chizindikiro chikachotsedwa posachedwa, chiopsezo chochepa chimakhala ndi kuipitsidwa kwa galu.