Worms in dogs and cats are very common. The tapeworms and roundworms that
the most preventable in most cases not that much harm. Massive infections may, especially
in young animals, certainly problems like diarrhea or cause blockages. There is also
danger that people, especially children, a worm infection, through contact with dog
It is therefore very important to prevent worms from your pets. They should therefore
be wormed at least 2 times a year. If they are much in contact with children is 4x
per year strongly recommended. So 1x per year to the vaccination is really weinig.Pups
and kittens should be dewormed because they often via the milk or even before birth
may be infected. They must therefore an age of 2, 4, 6 weeks and 2, 4, 6 months treated
against worms. Then 2-4x per jaar.Als animals to go abroad because they prevent even
more important in warmer countries (eg France, Spain, Italy, ...) worms can reach
far more serious: heart worms, hook worms.
Tapeworms (dipylidium caninum, Taenia spp.)
Pieces of tape worm in the faeces are excreted. . Adult tapeworms (dypilidium caninum)
There are several types of tapeworms that can infect dogs and cats. The most important
ones are the Dipylidium caninum and Taenia soorten.Lintwormen are several worms from
a lot of concatenated segments exist. Rarely will you encounter an entire tapeworm.
Only the individual segments are frequently found. These often look like dried rijstkorreltjes.Honden
and cats are infected by eating an infected intermediate host is encapsulated in
the muscle tapeworms. These are eg fleas between hosts (for dypilidium), mice, rabbits,
cattle, pigs (raw meat!). Then the tapeworms grow depending on the species from worms
to a few centimeters to a few meters. These worms have regular segments in which
eggs are loose. These are again eaten by the intermediate host which in turn infected.
A dog or cat eats again and the circle is rond.Ook people (especially children) may
be infected by tapeworm eggs!! Dogs and cats usually have little trouble themselves
tapeworms. Sometimes some irritation in the skin around the anus by tickling of worms.
The treatment can be done with most standard ontwormingstabletten or paste 's. This
2-4x per year should be given. Especially when the animals have much contact with
small children should be held 4 times a year. There are also injections that 2x a
year could be given. Because some tapeworms are transmitted by fleas, should also
be free of fleas.