Tapeworm disease is a common intestinal parasitic disease in dogs that is a serious health risk for both dogs and humans. If you find some white pieces stuck to your dog’s stool when you clean it up, you should be aware that your dog may have tapeworm disease. The dangers of tapeworms: 1. Tapeworms on dogs: adult tapeworms parasitize the small intestine of dogs, which is very harmful to the body of the dog. Sick dogs are parasitized by tapeworm infection, manifested as weak and thin, hair scorched and dirty, growth retardation, mental depression, some loss of appetite, serious appetite loss, some vomiting, diarrhea, pale conjunctiva, anemia. Large amounts of parasites can cause intestinal obstruction. Mild infections are usually unnoticeable except for occasional discharge of mature nodules in sick dogs. In severe infections, appetite abnormalities (gluttony, heterophagia), vomiting, chronic enteritis, alternating diarrhea and constipation, anemia, emaciation, agitation or depression, and spasms or limb paralysis may occur. Tapeworms can block the intestinal canal when the worms form a mass, leading to intestinal obstruction, intussusception, intestinal torsion and intestinal rupture and other acute abdominal diseases. 2. When infected, people will experience pain and gradual weakness. Types of tapeworms: There are many types of tapeworms, including the canine tapeworm (Canis lupus and C. melanogaster), which are reddish in color and 10 to 50 cm long. Mature body segments are 7 mm long and 2-3 mm wide, and are long and ovoid in shape. Other common tapeworms include the thread-medium tapeworm (midline tapeworm), vesicular tapeworm (marginal tapeworm), bean-shaped tapeworm (serrated tapeworm), and multiheaded tapeworm (multiheaded tapeworm). Symptoms How to determine if you have tapeworm can be determined by the following symptoms: 1. Infection with adult tapeworm can lead to loss of vitamins, trace elements and carbohydrates. Malnutrition, high parasite infection or growth period dogs will experience varying degrees of weight loss. 2. In severe infections, intestinal khat, enteritis, hemorrhagic enteritis symptoms, and vomiting can occur. When the intestinal tube retrograde peristalsis worms can enter the stomach, vomiting worms can be vomited with the stomach contents. A large number of dislodged nodules can be seen in the feces. The affected dogs may have heterophilia, progressive wasting, malnutrition, anemia, and depression. Some can be seen with neurological symptoms, convulsions and spasms. Preventive and curative measures 1. Therapeutic deworming: Use betaine hydrobromide at a dosage of 1.5-2 mg/kg body weight, administered orally. Make the sick dog hunger strike for 12-20 hours and then give the drug. To prevent vomiting, dilute iodine tincture solution (10 ml of water and two drops of iodine tincture) should be given 15~20 minutes before dosing. Or use praziquantel with a dosage of 5-10 mg/kg body weight �� times, given orally. Or use butadimidine hydrochloride, dosage of 25-50 mg/kg body weight, 1 time orally, to expel fine-grained echinococcus tapeworm with 50 mg, and then 1 time at an interval of 48 hours. 2. Prophylactic deworming: Prophylactic deworming should be performed 4 times a year (1 time per quarter), and breeding dogs should be performed 3-4 weeks before breeding. Dogs should be isolated in a certain area during deworming so that the excreted worms and feces can be collected and thoroughly destroyed to prevent the spread of pathogens. Spring and autumn are the high incidence periods. 3. Pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene to eliminate the sources of infection: properly dispose of slaughter waste, prevent dogs from feeding on intermediate hosts with tapeworm larvae or their uncooked organs, keep kennels and dogs clean, frequently kill fleas and lice on dogs with history-killing agents, and eliminate rodents. Be careful not to let your dog stay in damp and warm places such as grass or woods for long periods of time in your daily routine, and develop the habit of bathing regularly. At the same time avoid the dog to contact or eat some in the roadside, the origin of the unknown items. After returning from a walk, be sure to help the dog do a checkup, carefully examine every inch of skin, especially behind the ears, between the toes and tail, long-haired dogs to pick up the bottom layer of hair to see, to avoid fleas, lice hidden inside.
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