WHAT INCREASED MOISTURE MEANS IN THE SONORAN DESERT?
Every year in the Sonoran Desert, mosquitos and other bugs come out in force following the monsoon season. An increase in moisture and moist areas means an increase in the possibility of exposure to disease for your pet. WHAT KINDS OF DISEASES ARE OUT THERE? Internal parasites are the most common problem that can affect your pet when environment moisture levels increase. Giardia, for example, is an intestinal parasite that causes severe diarrhea, and can frequently be found in water. Other parasites, such as Roundworms and Hookworms, thrive in moisture and therefore the risk of your pet being exposure increases with rain. Mosquitoes can carry and transmit Heartworm disease. Standing water, like puddles following a rain storm, are a great place for mosquitoes to breed and thrive. Leptospirosis is a bacteria that can cause kidney failure among other things, in dogs. Lepto is also influenced by moisture and thrives in moisture-rich environments. WHAT SHOULD I WATCH OUT FOR? At the first s
