Intestinal worms are relatively common in many animal species including dogs, cats, rabbits, large animals, fish, reptiles and birds. Regular parasite prevention and deworming is essential to ensure your pets remain healthy and to reduce the risk to people.
Frequent use of parasite control medication to deworm your pet will kill worms that are present, but it is very easy for your pet to become re-infested with worms, and so it’s important to continue deworming your pet all year round. Some intestinal worm species can produce large numbers of eggs, for example - roundworm can lay 200,000 eggs per day within five weeks of infestation. It’s important to maintain a regular deworming program for your pets to reduce eggs being shed into the environment.
The short answer is yes, many worms infesting dogs are zoonotic, meaning they can be transmitted from animals to humans. Different worms cause different diseases and each have their own symptoms. Whilst anyone can become infected by intestinal worms, children and the immunocompromised are at greater risk. One of the most important ways to reduce human exposure is regular deworming of pets.
Please call us to discuss a deworming program for your pet.
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