Four common parasitic diseases of pet dogs

Four common parasitic diseases of pet dogs

With the improvement of people's living standards, there are more and more pets in cities, and more and more people keep dogs, cats and even some rare animals.

skin disease

Mite disease

Four common parasitic diseases of pet dogs

mite disease

Mites are a common parasitic disease of pet dogs and are widely distributed all over the world.

Dogs suffering from scabies mites showed severe itching, and constantly scratched and bitten, resulting in depilation of the affected area, thickening of the skin and scabs, and bright red wounds after scratching the scabs.

These parasites are all ectoparasites, as long as pets do a good job of hygiene, infection can be reduced.

Ascariasis

Ascariasis

This disease is a parasitic disease caused by the parasitic Toxocara roundworm in the small intestine of dogs, which is mostly seen in puppies aged 2 weeks to 5 months, resulting in poor development, slow growth, and even death of the puppies.

The sick dog is emaciated, anemia, dull coat, and rough, loss of appetite, digestive disturbance, vomiting, diarrhea first and then constipation, sometimes neurological symptoms, occasional epilepsy, abdominal distention, dyspnea, slow growth.

The disease is generally a chronic infection, although it cannot cause death in a short time, but it has adverse effects on the dog's own health.

Hookworm disease

hookworm

Canine hookworm is a common intestinal nematode disease in dogs with high infection and morbidity rates.

The main symptoms are anemia, bloody stool, and visible weight loss, loss of appetite, rough and hard coat, easy to fall off, vomiting, diarrhea and so on.

The best way to kill these eggs is fecal heap fermentation.

Taeniasis

Taeniasis

It is a parasitic disease mainly caused by the canine tapeworm in the small intestine of dogs.

Sick dogs do not show symptoms when they are mildly infected. In severe cases, they may experience vomiting, abnormal appetite, heterophilia, bulimia, weight loss, anemia, malnutrition, alternating constipation and diarrhea, chronic catarrhal enteritis, depression, and sometimes false symptoms.

Tapeworm is a kind of parasite that seriously endangers the health of dogs, and it is also an important pathogen of many taeniasis in livestock and humans.