Overview Of Internal Parasites In Pets And Symptoms
Intestinal worms like roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and tapeworms are parasites that live in your pets body. Pets with intestinal worms may experience a range of symptoms from anemia, malnutrition, and death to no symptoms at all. Let's take the overview of intestinal worms how they get in the body of pets? What are the symptoms and how to prevent worms? Internal Parasites in Dogs and Cats Roundworms (Toxocara leonina and Toxocara cati) Roundworms are the most common intestinal parasites in dogs and cats. This infection is transmitted through ingestion of eggs in an infected soil, rodent or milk from an infected mother. The worms can also be passed from mother to puppies or kittens in utero. When the worm eggs hatch, larvae are released in the stomach, and the larvae travel to small intestine where they mature into adults. The adults lay eggs, which pass out of the pet in feces. The eggs that the adult worms pass in the stool can now reinfect the animal or other do