It takes about thirteen days for illness to develop after the kitten first
ingests coccidia.
Not exact matches
However, once born, the puppy is frequently exposed to his mother's feces, and if the mother is shedding the infective cysts in her feces, then the young animals will likely
ingest them and
coccidia will develop within the young animal's intestines.
Dogs and cats contract
coccidia by
ingesting soil or grass contaminated with eggs or
ingesting small animals, like mice, infected with the parasites.
«Coccidiosis in dogs is caused by dog
coccidia parasites that are
ingested after eating fecal matter.
Cats can become infected with
coccidia by
ingesting soil that contains the single - celled parasite, or by eating a rodent that is infected with it.
It is possible for dogs to
ingest the rabbit feces and
coccidia organisms within them and for those organisms to show up in a fecal examination done on the dog's stools.