Tapeworm Foodchain

Tapeworms are parasitic worms that affect an animal’s digestive tract and cause considerable damage to the pet’s health. They can grow to a length of about 6 inches and cannot be normally seen by the human eye, which is why they are not noticed when they infect the pet’s body.

Neurologic Symptoms Of Lyme Disease Dogs

Lyme disease is known to affect dogs. It is caused by a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. Dogs get this bacterium from a deer tick bite. When the tick remains on the dog’s skin for more than two days, the bacteria is transmitted throughout the body and the dog succumbs to this disease.

Symptoms Of Canine Hookworms

A hookworm is a parasite that lives and feeds inside its host’s body. The larvae of hookworms are usually picked up by dogs because they tend to eat them unknowingly or the worms are contracted through the paws. Dogs have the habit of digging mud and the hookworm always is found in contaminated soil. They can also be transferred through the mother's milk, and some veterinary doctors believe that they can be transferred through the placenta into the unborn pup.