Causes of worms in dogs and methods of treatment

Treating Canine Intestinal Worms

Why do vets always want to take a sample of your dog's stool for examination at every annual visit to look for different types of worms? Many breeders and breeders of dogs and cats, especially dogs, believe that this measure is not very important and that dogs and cats cannot be infected with worms. But in fact, all dogs and cats are susceptible to worms, regardless of how they are cared for or where they live. Perhaps this belief stems from some people not being able to see these worms, when most worms are invisible to the naked eye except tapeworms. In this article, we tell you everything you need to know about the most common treatments for worms in dogs, the different treatment methods for them and how to prevent them.

How does a dog get worms?

Worms can easily infect dogs and cats in a variety of ways, including: 

1. Eating feces from an infected dog or other animal Dog worms can easily get to your dog through your dog's mouth, meaning your dog has been exposed to the feces of another infected dog in some way.
2. Transmission of parasitic worms from mother to puppies Dog worms can be transmitted to young puppies if the mother is infected and this can happen in several ways, including: Via the mother's placenta before birth and also through the milk during lactation.
3. Eating raw meat or hunting animals Some types of dog worms, such as tapeworms, worms, intestinal worms, etc., can be easily transmitted to dogs if they eat raw meat one or more times. When the body uses the muscles, the cysts these worms have formed in the tissue start to activate and proliferate rapidly.
4. For example, by eating insects, some of which are transmitted to dogs through other hosts, fleas act as a host for parasites to live in, so if a dog accidentally eats them, they can become infected with parasites and worms.
5. by way of the skin There are types of worms that are transmitted to dogs through the skin, such as hookworms.

Types of worms in dogs

The most prevalent parasite worms in cats and dogs are tapeworms, hookworms, whipworms, threadworms, liverworms, and roundworms. There are many different forms of parasitic worms that need to be treated.

Hookworm in dogs

Hookworms are more common in dogs than in cats because they attach to the walls of the small intestines of dogs and cats and suck blood, putting infected dogs at high risk and sometimes fatal if large amounts of blood are lost. And it is not treated.

What do hookworms look like?

They appear in a very small and thin shape and they have a hook-like mouth with which they attach to the intestinal wall in dogs. They reproduce and lay very small eggs which are expelled in your dog's stool, but they cannot be seen because of their small size. However, it has a host of unpleasant symptoms and has to be treated.

How does your dog get hookworms?

Hookworm larvae can be transmitted to dogs through contaminated feces and skin penetration, orally if your dog ingests them, or through breast milk in young children.

How dangerous is it for dogs?

Severe hookworm infection can cause severe anemia in dogs as they feed on the blood of infected dogs and leave sores and bleeding in place when they move to a new feeding area, which requires veterinary consultation and proper treatment for the condition must be prescribed. . .

What are the signs of a dog infected with hookworms?

Sometimes an adult dog can become infected and show no symptoms of the disease, but in this case, the infected host persists and spreads the eggs of the parasitic worm around, while the symptoms that appear in dogs are as follows:

• exhaust pipe.
• bloody diarrhea;
• Dark dirt.
• severe weight loss
• Anemia.

How are infections in dogs treated?

A microscopic examination of the stool is used to diagnose hookworms, after which the vet prescribes an appropriate anthelmintic to kill and treat the hookworms. Fortunately, these drugs play an effective role in the treatment.

Roundworms in dogs

Most young puppies can be born with roundworm larvae or ascarids in their tissues. Older dogs can also become infected, but they often become infected and show no symptoms.

What does it look ?

They are light-colored, spaghetti-like worms several centimeters long that you can clearly see in your vomit or stool.

How did you get hurt?

Injuries are caused in several ways, including:

• From the mother through the placenta during pregnancy.
• Through milk during breastfeeding, but this method is less common.
• Throughout the environment, roundworms lay thousands of eggs, which are protected by a hard and strong shell that can survive in the soil for years.
•  It can also be transmitted by eating predators.

How dangerous is it for dogs?

Delay in treatment can lead to death due to intestinal obstruction or various other causes, including access to heart tissue, or lead to several other illnesses.

What are the signs of infection?

Adult dogs often show no symptoms, but infected young puppies often show distended, underdeveloped abdomens and may show other symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting.

How is the wound treated?

The treatment is with a monthly dose of anthelmintic and a dose of fenbendazole is sufficient to treat and eliminate it. Deworming treatment with antihelminthic tablets in the treatment plan during pregnancy and lactation helps to achieve an effective result and significantly reduce the number of offspring. However, since almost all worming pills only work on adult intestinal parasites and not on inactive larvae in the tissues, some infections can still be passed on to puppies even after preventive doses. Maintaining a monthly dose of anthelmintic medication after weaning will also protect your dog from parasitic infections for the rest of his life and remove worms with a dog dewormer.

Tapeworm

However, it has a host of unpleasant symptoms and has to be treated. They are also called intestinal worms. Fleas are their carriers and dogs can become infected if they eat fleas. They usually cause very mild symptoms and in severe infections can cause severe diarrhea which in dogs needs to be wormed and treated as in the case of roundworms.

What do tapeworms look like?

Very long tapeworms, up to 60 cm, appear in the intestine and large intestine. It consists of parts connected by chains and is diagnosed by looking for these parts in the dog's stool or stuck in the anus under the tail.

How do dogs get tapeworms?

Fleas eat the eggs laid by tapeworms and dogs become infected by eating fleas, wild animals or infected rodents.

How dangerous is it for dogs?

It often causes no symptoms, but severe irritation in the anus requires treatment.

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What signals is your dog showing?

You may notice your dog licking his anus or biting his tail, you can look under the tail for some tapeworms appearing as grains of rice stuck to his fur.

How is the infection treated in this case?

Worming the dog and treating the infection by giving the animal a special anti-worm medication, which requires a vet's prescription.

How do you tell whether your dog is tapeworm-infected?

The best way to find out if your dog has worms is to have your vet check the stool. Pets often show no symptoms with a mild or recent infection, but if something goes wrong, they can cause a variety of symptoms, such as:

• Diarrhea that may be bloody - vomiting blood.
• The appearance of different parts of the worm in the stool or in the anus.
• Weight loss.
• dry hair.
• general weakness
• swollen.
• Vomiting, with possibly worms in the vomit.

Can a person get worms from a dog?

Be mindful that certain of the worms found in dogs can infect people and offer a possible health concern while searching for a deworming medication for dogs. You can become infected if you come into contact with contaminated soil, or if you accidentally mix it with dog feces and it ends up in your mouth. Therefore, your vet's instructions and all grooming procedures should be followed as a minimum.

How do you treat worms in dogs?

Dewormers are the only known and reliable treatment for canine deworming.The type of treatment depends on the type of worms present, as not all species respond to the same type of treatment and there is no single treatment or drug that works against all types of parasites. Some over-the-counter deworming drugs are only partially successful in getting rid of worms from your dog or cat. Your vet can recommend the best type of dewormer available for your pet's specific type of parasite.

What are the side effects of medications used to treat intestinal worms in dogs?

Symptoms of the most common side effects of medication in dogs include:

• lethargy.
• vomit.
• Diarrhea.

Is there a home remedy for worms in dogs?

In general, a prescription wormer will be safer and/or more effective than many over-the-counter wormers. Parasitic worms cannot be treated or prevented at home. For the most effective deworming method for dogs, speak with your neighborhood vet.

How to protect your dog from worms.

Monthly deworming treatments such as Praviran can protect dogs against heartworms and intestinal parasites indefinitely. Most parasites have a life cycle of three to four weeks, so you can deworm your dog and prevent and treat most parasites if you give them monthly medications and keep them healthy. Giving pregnant dogs monthly tablets prevents the transmission of worms to their offspring via deworming of the dog, after which the puppies can begin deworming and deworming after the weaning period is over.

    Once you know the types of worms and how to treat them, don't hesitate to visit Dr. Bowes to examine your pet as soon as you notice any of the above symptoms.