Sentences with phrase «higher number of worms»

Rescued dogs also carry a higher number of worms because of the environments they have been living in or because they have been stray for such a long time, drinking from mud puddles and other unclean water sources.

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«The simple worm, C. elegans, which shares a number of neuropeptide genes and enzymatic pathways with higher animals provides a perfect starting point for this complex work.»

And while all equine harbor some worms because of the self - perpetuating cycle of fecal contamination and pasture grazing, high egg numbers in the feces based on FEC translate into large numbers of infective stages on pasture.

For example, dogs tend to host high numbers of adult worms, whilst in cats, it may be just a handful.