Sentences with phrase «because roundworm»

Because roundworm can attack the brain and nervous system, it may mimic the symptoms of rabies.

Because roundworm eggs are extremely resistant to drying, your cat will always be exposed to them if it is out - and - about.

This is true even if the mother tests negative for roundworms because roundworm larvae (immature worms) encyst in the mother's muscle tissue and are not detected by our tests for the eggs of adult worms.

Because roundworms can be transmitted from cats to humans (children are especially at risk), it is important that kittens be appropriately treated.

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He's freaked out about it because he wants to stay home in his tree instead of going off to take classes on how to eat garbage and spread roundworm.

The tiny roundworms, or nematodes, cause $ 157 billion in crop failures worldwide each year, other researchers estimate, largely because they're beyond the reach of pesticides.

Roundworms are a popular animal model for longevity studies because of their relatively short life span and ease of care.

Rogers studies the molecular mechanisms underlying aging in C. elegans, a tiny, soil - dwelling roundworm that is a favorite animal model in aging research because its short lifespan allows scientists to quickly assess the effect of anti-aging interventions and because it shares many of its genes with humans.

Answer: It should not be necessary to deworm with an additional dewormer with Interceptor Plus - it gets more intestinal parasites than any other heartworm preventative because it covers roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and tapeworms.

The momma dog doesn't have to be showing signs of an active roundworm problem in order to pass on roundworm larvae because they can lay dormant in her body and activate during pregnancy.

This is because the tapeworm is made up of individual segments, while the roundworm is one continuous body.

Older dogs sometimes develop an immunity that prevents roundworm eggs from maturing into adults, however, if these are not taken care of they can affect the next generation of puppies that come from that dog because the eggs will remain dormant in the dog's body.

This is because some of the species of canine and feline roundworms can cross the placenta (trans - placental route), or can be shed in the mothers milk (trans - mammary route).

Roundworm infestations can be killed off using over the counter medications, but it is advisable to consult a veterinarian, because de-worming drugs are poisonous to small dogs if used improperly.

This care not only helps your pet, but also your family, because some of these illnesses (such as rabies) and certain parasites (such as fleas, ticks, roundworms and hookworms) can also affect the human members of your family.

Children are most likely to eat roundworm eggs because they may ingest dirt and eat food with dirty hands.

Diagnosis of a whipworm infection can be difficult because whipworms do not lay eggs continuously the way roundworms and hookworms do.

While the three - inch adult roundworms are usually a minor problem for adult cats and dogs, a serious infection of roundworms can be life threatening to a kitten because of blood and protein loss, or dehydration.

Because so many shelter kittens have roundworms, all should be treated for them.

There is really no sense in giving it because cats that have roundworms often also have hookworms as well and this medication has no effect on hookworms at all.

That is because it is very rare for roundworm - positive kittens not to have other concurrent health problems such as virus infections, coccidiosis and malnutrition.

Because many roundworms are dormant or shed eggs only intermittently, a negative fecal exam is no proof that they are not there.

Because of this fact, pyrantel pamoate, a dewormer, was added to cover hookworms and roundworms in the original Heartgard product to create HeartgardPlus.

A: Actually, seeing that worm is a good thing (it's usually a roundworm), because it means we did deworm him, and the dewormer is working.

Because humans can contract roundworm, hookworm and tapeworm from animals, it is important to maintain good personal hygiene.

Because the majority of roundworms in adult dogs are dormant, a negative fecal exam is no proof that they are not there.

Because so many puppies have roundworms, all puppies should be wormed for them.

There is really no sense in giving it because dogs and cats that have roundworms often also have hookworms.

Most often, these are young children who eat dirt or sand that contain roundworm eggs because of dog stool left on the soil.

Because of this fact, pyrantel pamoate, a dewormer, was added to cover hookworms and roundworms in the original Heartgard product.

Dogs get roundworms either from eating worm eggs off the ground or because the mother dog was infected and passed the worms to her puppies during her pregnancy.

Trifexis monthly - BEST OPTION because in addition to being a fast and potent flea killer, it also covers heartworm prevention and parasitic control against roundworms, hookworms and whipworms.

Puppies that are suffering from pneumonia caused by migration of parasites into their lungs may develop a severe reaction to parasiticidal drugs, because the bodies of dead roundworms can accumulate in their lungs and bloodstream.

We've added more mapping, so we have maps for the different tick - borne diseases, we have them for Lyme, ehrlichia, anaplasma; we have internal parasites, hookworms, roundworms, whipworms, we just added giardia because that's such a huge problem for so many pets; we've added feline antibody and feline antigen to the heartworm maps; we've also added feline leukemia and feline AIDS incidence; even though they're not parasites, they're infectious diseases but could they have an effect on the incidence of certain parasites?

Often mistakenly lumped together with worm infections such as tapeworms, roundworms, whipworms, hookworms, and others because of its name, ringworm is dogs isn't actually caused by worms — instead, it is fungal infections.

Roundworms are also very difficult to eradicate completely because many become dormant for many years.

[FN53] But potential for cats to transmit diseases presents a health hazard to humans as well as a threat to wildlife, because rabies, toxoplasmosis, cat scratch fever, encephalitis (from cat scratch fever), plague, hookworms and roundworms can be contracted by humans through contact with infected cats.