EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I recently learned of a dog ailment called "CHAGAS" it is not new as it has been prominent in the South American countries for a long time, but more recently has moved north until it is basically halfway across our country from south to north.
It is contracted from the feces of the kissing bug, people can get it as well. The kissing bug "sort of a beetle" will seek a blood meal from a resting victim and defecate on them, that feces is easily ingested. There is no vaccine, no real treatment, or medicinal prevention and it is basically a parasite that winds up affecting the heart muscle. Some dogs die pretty fast, some dwindle along for quite some time and have poor stamina.

Have any of you heard of or had problems with it?

 It is getting fairly common in South Texas, one fellow down there had 15/20 dogs and had his tested after one mysteriously died all his dogs tested positive but one.
Dogs and people alike are usually approached while sleeping, and the bug likes to bite people around the mouth and lips.

I’ve never heard of it. I hope I never have to deal with it either. Is there anything (pesticides) that keep the bugs away?


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Maybe pesticides around the kennels would help, I haven't heard nor researched that angle. Folks aren't familiar enough with it yet to recognize the need to test for it if they have a suspicious health problem in their dogs.
That guy I mentioned that had the dogs to test positive is building a huge set of high dollar kennels that will be bug proof, most of us couldn't do that.

Look it up on the internet there is lots of info it.

Will do. Thanks for the heads up!


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I listened to the podcast with him on it. He said they are mostly attracted to the kennel lights at night. Ive seen the bugs before but never knew they bit.

I did some research when i heard about it. The University of Fl tested a bunch of possums and coons and 50% of the the ones tested were positive for the parasite.

This is what I told you about about 6 months back.

Yes I have heard of it, it is real bad in the area of Texas I hunt. It is moving from South to North and I heard good freezes are hard on the bugs but I have not seen actual scientific proof of this.

The disease can be passed multiple ways and the most common is from feces usually from water pales. The bugs will try and drink and defecate in the water then your dog/s will drink it. From my understanding is it can kill a dog real quick, or slowly, or not at all and lay dormant as I know of dogs that have tested positive and never show any symptoms nor adverse affects.

This is why dogmen in areas where the bug is prevalent are starting to use lickers, build above ground kennels, and use cedar chips instead of hay in their dog houses. There are a few other tricks as well but I am not trying to write a book. There are some experimental treatments and but no pier reviewed accepted ones yet. Google Mexican Kissing Bug and you can see what they look like.

I go back and forth between South Texas and Central Texas and had never seen them at my Central Tex house until last year. I found a couple for the first time.

I do remember talking to you about it now that you say that.


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  Another ailment that can kill your dogs is Blastomycosis. I lost a really good female to it. Altho we have it in our area she did not get it here. I quit hog hunting her because she was to gritty and only bear hunted her. She was only out of the kennel on our trip to Canada and the Ga. bear season. Her symptoms were sores on top of her feet and she just seemed stove up. Took her to the Vet and she put her on antibiotics. She seemed to get better for a few days and then went back down. Took her back to the Vet and they pulled blood and it was Blasto. They gave me the right antibiotics but it was too late. She died 2 days later.

You Texas guys ain’t the only ones got to worry bout it…

I found a large kissing bug in my house (bedroom) one evening a couple of years ago. I live 10 miles from LSP (Angola) way back off beatn trail in Louisiana.

I had seen something on the internet some time prior to that and the sickness that they cause and knew exactly what that bug was.

I went back and re-researched it the next day.

Since then I have seen more of these bugs around the yard and porch.

That sucker was tryn ambush me that evening when I found him lol

For what its worth my parasite protocol on all predators is hard to beat. Ivermectin, panacur (fenbenazole), Valbazen, wormwood, black walnut, 3days on 5 days off until better.

If thats not cutting it a silver bullet is MMS or CDS, can be educated on it at www.drleemerritt.com under the chlorine dioxide pdf.

What works for me with dogs and chickens (really good for muddy spots) is cover the area with Lime (get it from masonry stores/the kind for bricks) straw and sulfur granules. repeat 2 times a year unless raining allot may need to do it more. It creates a ph etc environment parasites mites etc cant live in...

They tell me Kissing bugs can fly.