Dog Worm

Usually not infecting adult dogs, the roundworms might still be carried as encysted larvae in the tissue of a female dog. If the female dog then gets pregnant this dog worm can instantly activate and infest the unborn puppies. Giving the pregnant dog antiparasitic medication will not help, only curing the puppies once born will. The roundworms might make the pup to cough or gag and this dog worm is also possible to see in the pups stool or vomit. A severe infestation might kill your puppies, so be quick about getting the right medication, ask your veterinarian for advice.

This kind of dog worm is found in as larvae in contaminated soil and can infest puppies through milk from the mothers uterus. The hookworm is a very small and thin parasite that attaches to the inside of the small intestine and suck blood from its host. The signs of this dog worm infestation are diarrhea, weight loss, anemia, and progressive weakness. These symptoms can only be confirmed by having a veterinarian examining the faeces through a microscope. Not a serious problem for an adult dog, these dog worms might kill small puppies if not treated quickly.

A dog can get tape worm by ingesting infected fleas when itching by gnawing. This dog worm will attach itself to your dogs intestine and start to grow, getting its nutrition from whatever you feed your dog. As the segments of the tapeworm kind of dog worm will appear as bits of tape in your dogs stool, it is from there is got its name. Rice-like egg sacks can also be found in the faeces or stuck in the hairs around the dogs rectum. Due to the extreme anal irritation that this produces it is not uncommon to see your dog drag its anus across the floor. As this dog worm can survive any regular antiparasitic you will have to ask your veterinarian for advice.

This dog worm can be quite difficult to detect but luckily they are quite harmless as long as the infestation is relatively small. The whipworm look like pieces of string with one end slightly enlarged, resembling a very small whip. It attaches itself in the first part of the large intestine of the dog, also known as the cecum. Although eggs might not be present in the dogs stool it is still possible that it has this kind of dog worm. If this is suspected contact you veterinarian which can run diagnostics and give advice of how to advance.