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The most common tick repellents used by dog owners in Finland and their most frequently reported adverse effects

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2022
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09.09.2022
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Nummelin, Amanda
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The need of use of tick repellent products in dogs is increasing in Finland. Ticks are active almost throughout the year, except for the cold winter months. Ticks act as vectors for many diseases like Lyme borreliosis and tick-born encephalitis. These diseases can be life threatening to humans as well as to the pet animals like dogs. Tick repellents and manually removing ticks are the only effective method for preventing these harmful diseases occurring. In Finland there is a great variety in tick repellent products. There are topical spot-on products, collars and systemically administered chewing tablets. These tick repellent products have been studied to be safe but as the need of use is increasing further studies are required. The study material was collected in the form of online questionnaire, in total 865 responses were received, number of answers varied between questions. Results indicated that majority of owners were using some type of repellent products, only 14.3 % (n =124) answered that they don’t use any repellent products. According to the responders the two most used repellent products in Finland were chewing tablet Bravecto and spot-on Bayvantic vet. Results showed that all used products can be considered relatively safe. 89.1 % (n = 647) of responders had not noted any dermatological signs, 95.5 % (n = 686) of responders had not noted any gastrointestinal signs, 95.6 % (n = 691) had not noted any neurological signs and 98.6 % (n = 707) had not noted any respiratory tract signs after using any type of tick repellent product. In this study population there were only single individual cases that had encountered some type of adverse effects.
 
Soomes kasvab vajadus koertel puugitõrjevahendite kasutamise järele. Puugid on aktiivsed peaaegu aastaringselt, välja arvatud külmad talvekuud. Puugid toimivad paljude haiguste, nagu Lyme borrelioosi ja puukentsefaliidi vektoritena. Need haigused võivad olla eluohtlikud nii inimestele kui ka lemmikloomadele, näiteks koertele. Puugitõrjevahendite kasutamine ja puukide käsitsi eemaldamine on ainsad tõhusad meetodid nende kahjulike haiguste ennetamiseks. Soomes on kasutusel väga lai valik puugitõrjevahendeid. On olemas paikselt manustatavad täpilahused, kaelarihmad ja süsteemselt manustatavad närimistabletid. Kasutusel olevaid tooteid peetakse ohutuks, kuid kuna kasutusvajadus kasvab, on vaja täiendavaid uuringuid. Käesoleva lõputöö materjal koguti veebiankeedi vormis, kokku laekus 865 vastust, vastuste arv varieerus küsimuste lõikes. Tulemused näitasid, et enamik lemmikloomaomanikke kasutas mingit tüüpi tõrjevahendeid, vaid 14,3 % (n = 124) vastas, et nad ei kasuta ühtegi tõrjevahendit. Vastajate sõnul olid Soomes kaks enim kasutatud tõrjevahendit närimistablett Bravecto ja täpilahus Bayvantic vet. Tulemused näitasid, et kõiki kasutusel olevaid tooteid võib pidada suhteliselt ohututeks. 89,1 % (n = 647) vastanutest ei olnud täheldanud ühtegi dermatoloogilist sümptomit, 95,5 % (n = 686) ravile vastanutest ei olnud täheldanud ühtegi seedehäire tunnust, 95,6 % (n = 691) ei olnud täheldanud ühtegi neuroloogilist sümptomit ja 98,6 % (n = 707) ei täheldanud ühtegi hingamisteede häire tunnuseid. Käesolevas uuringupopulatsioonis esines ainult üksikjuhtumeid, mis olid seotud teatud tüüpi kõrvaltoimetega.
 
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