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Is your pet Worms?
Among the evils animals can suffer from, to perhaps not the most dangerous to the health of an animal, but they are one of the most unpleasant from a viewpoint of the owners. Not only can they cause weight loss and mild diarrhea in your pet, they are ugly and some of them can be transmitted to humans.
There are four different types of worms that affect dogs and Cats: roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms and whipworms. These strongly as in the intestinal tract they live in and the effect they have on the animal.
Roundworms (Toxocara species)
These worms are commonly seen in young dogs and cats. Adults live in the small intestine and eggs are passed in faeces. Animals are infected by eating other infected animals (eg mice, rats), to eat the feces of other animals, or, in puppies and kittens through their breast milk. Eggs are passed in stool 3 weeks after infection. Infection with roundworms can cause a poor coat, weight loss (or lack of weight gain in puppies / kittens), a pot-bellied appearance, and diarrhea. Worms are sometimes seen in the vomit or stool. Treatment involves deworming with oral medication dosing followed by 3 weeks to catch the next generation were eggs or larvae at the time of the first dose.
Roundworms can infect humans, and not usually in the adult form, but in their larval form. In cases of children who ingest a few eggs may suffer eye damage or blindness because the worm larvae move in the body causing tissue damage. This disease is called visceral larval migrans.
Tapeworms (Dipylidium and Taenia species)
Tapeworms are long flat white worms composed of many segments that live in the intestines of dogs and cats. There are two main types that affect dogs and cats Dipylidium and Taenia species. Dipylidium is obtained by the animal eats an infected flea while grooming (licking) itself. Taenia other is transmitted by ingestion of infected small mammals (rats and mice), or eating feces of infected animals. Cats that hunt and dogs that live on farms are most at risk. Diagnosis is by visualization of the small, rice like worms in the stool (the most common method), or to see eggs on a fecal flotation exam. Eggs and worm segments are inconsistent paid in the stool, so just because you can not see any in your stool Animals do not guarantee that your animal is not infected. Is not a negative fecal flotation exam completely exclude the existence a tapeworm infection. The clinical signs are rare because the tapeworm infection rarely a problem. Some clinical signs can be a dull coat, an itchy anus, diarrhea or lethargy. Treatment is through oral deworming medication, an injection or a spot-on.
Tapeworm infection humans is not common but can occur occasionally, usually in children who have ingested a flea that contains tapeworm larvae. Adults can be infected with tapeworms by eating infected meat is not cooked properly.
Hookworms (Ancylostoma species)
These worms are most commonly seen in young dogs and cats. Adult worms live in the small intestine, with the eggs pass out of the body in stool. Animals become infected with hookworms in the following ways: eating infective eggs or larvae, penetration of the pads or skin by larvae, transmission through breast milk during lactation of the young, or transmission from mother to fetus while still pregnant. It takes three weeks from the time of infection until eggs are passed in faeces. Hookworm infection can cause severe anemia and sometimes fatal in young animals, weak or malnourished. The clinical signs are weight loss, diarrhea and bloody stools. The worms are occasionally seen in the stool. Treatment consists in oral deworming medication and correction of anemia. Follow-up treatment is given three weeks later.
Hookworm larvae can penetrate human skin and potentially cause a skin condition called cutaneous larval migrans. No one should be barefoot for 5-7 days while the animal is being treated for hookworms.
Whipworms (Trichuris species)
This worm affects dogs aged 3 months or more. Adults live in large intestine and eggs are eliminated in the feces. The diagnosis can be difficult because whipworms are not prolific layers. The infection is through fecal-oral transmission. Eggs do not appear in the stool up to 3 months after infection. The clinical signs that can be seen are the weight loss and diarrhea, with or without blood. These worms are not usually seen in the stool. Treatment consists of oral medication with deworming treatment follow-up within 3 months.
Treat your pet
No matter if your pet is a creature inside or outside, you should deworm regularly to keep good hygiene. Many cat owners believe that indoor cats since they are not hunters, is no way they could to acquire. However, the author has seen many indoor cats with chips (brought on clothing owners or shoes most likely) and many fleas infected with tapeworm Dipylidium. Therefore, even indoor cats may be purely to carry.
Puppies and kittens should be wormed every 2 weeks from 4 weeks of age up 12 weeks. The worms, they would be carrying at this age are roundworms, ingested through their breast milk, so the recommended treatment is to deal with fenbendazole drug (Panacur), which is available in liquid form such as sachets of granules or paste in a syringe.
Dogs and cats over 12 weeks may be dewormed using conventional deworming tablets. This should be done every 3 months for optimum protection. There are a variety of products out there, but the strongest and most effective ones are always purchased from a veterinarian. Products purchased over the counter in supermarkets or pet shops often only protect against one of the types of worms and not others, or to provide protection rather than three months.
Here are some tips on how to keep your pet without the worm:
1. Adult cats and dogs must be dewormed with a veterinary approved all 3 months.
2. Over the counter worming medicine can not always be effective.
3. Prevent your pet from eating rodents such as mice, rats and rabbits.
4. Prevent your pet from eating earthworms (roundworm infection).
5. Prevent your pet from eating feces (tapeworm infection).
6. Remove droppings from your lawn, street, or kennel daily.
7. Exercise your pets in grass areas not frequented by other animals.
8. Flea control! (The chips are Dipylidium tapeworm)
9. Females before breeding and deworm again after giving birth to prevent infection newborn puppies / kittens.
10. Deworm puppies and kittens every 2 weeks from 4 to 12 weeks of age.
About the Author
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