“Iintakumba kunye namakhalane isenokungabi yingcinga yakho yokuqala ngesihloko sokubulala iintshulube, kodwa ezi zifunxi-gazi zinokusasaza izifo eziyingozi kuwe nakwizilwanyana zasekhaya. Amakhalane asasaza izifo ezinzulu, ezifana neRocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Ehrlichia, isifo seLyme kunye neAnaplasmosis phakathi kwezinye. Ezi zigulo kunokuba nzima ukuzixilonga kwaye zibe yingozi ukuba azinyangwa kwangethuba;tke ngoko, uthintelo ngolawulo lwamakhalane lolona lulungileyo.

Iintakumba zinokusasaza izifo ezininzi zebhaktheriya kunye ne-tapeworms ukongeza ekubangeleni ukusabela okubukhali. Izilwanyana zasendle ezininzi zithwala iintakumba kwaye zisebenza njengomthombo wosulelo. Xa isilwanyana sasekhaya sosulelwa ziintakumba, okanye intsholongwane, isilwanyana sasendle singena kwindawo, iintakumba zinokuhlasela ngokukhawuleza okusingqongileyo.