What is the most annoying thing about dogs? That's nothing more than bugs! All kinds of parasites, fleas, always love to pestering dogs, and the owner is even more congested while fighting with insects. This time the appearance is the dog tapeworm.
<h1>What is a dog tapeworm? </h1>
Canine tapeworm, also known as taenia or tapeworm, is parasitic in the small intestines of dogs, cats, wolves, badgers and foxes, and is a common tapeworm parasite in dogs and cats.
The fresh insect body is pale red, white after fixation, generally 10 to 15 cm in length, up to 50 cm in length, and about 200 segments. The cephalic segment is small, about 0.4 mm transverse, pear-shaped, with 4 cup-shaped suction cups and a hairy, rod-shaped, and retractable apical protrusion. There are about 60 rose-spiny hooks on the apical process, often arranged in 3 to 4 circles, and the number of small hooks and turns varies according to the age of the insect and the degree of damage to the parietal process. Mature and gestational segments are rectangular, both grow larger than wide, and shaped like cucumber seeds, so they are called tapeworms.
The intermediate host of Canine fora reputable tapeworm is mainly a fleas, and adults parasitize the small intestines of dogs and cats, often automatically escaping from the host's anus or excreting with feces, and peristalsis along the ground.
<h1>Symptoms of tapeworm in dogs</h1>
Once tapeworms enter the body, each part can move independently like a small earthworm, but when dried they look like grains of rice. Usually, mucus diarrhea, or excrement containing blood, is a sign of tapeworm infection in dogs.
In infected dogs, tapeworms usually stick to the hairs around or near the area. When the final host dog and cat lick the fur, the cysticercosis in the fleas can enter, and then release in the small intestine of the dog and cat, and after 2 to 3 weeks, it develops into an adult worm.
Tapeworms may cause irritation to the area, which may prompt puppies to over-lick themselves. If left untreated, a large-scale tapeworm infection can interfere with dogs digesting food, and puppies may suffer from intestinal blockages. Tapeworms can even get into dogs' stomachs, causing dogs to vomit, and severe dogs may also vomit tapeworms.
<h1>How to treat and prevent dogs from being infected with tapeworms? </h1>
When a dog has tapeworm, the best way to deal with it is to seek medical attention in time to avoid further deterioration.
Controlling fleas is the best way to prevent tapeworm infection. Therefore, in daily life, one of the shovelers is to deworm insects regularly. This is actually the duty of the master. In vitro deworming once a month, in vivo deworming once every three months. Maintaining continuous and stable deworming can keep the dog healthy and avoid parasite damage. If the puppy is not regularly dewormed, the parasite will not only affect the growth and development of the puppy, but also create conditions for the invasion of other viruses and bacteria, causing more health problems in the dog.
Another is that in daily life, do not let the dog stay in the grass or woods and other humid and warm places for a long time, and develop the habit of bathing regularly. Also avoid dogs touching or eating items of unknown origin on the side of the road. After returning from a walk, be sure to help the dog do a check, carefully check every inch of skin, especially behind the ears, between the toes and the tail, long-haired dogs should pull out the bottom hair to see, avoid fleas, lice hidden inside.
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