Sentences with phrase «shed roundworm eggs»
Raccoons carry a roundworm in their intestine (Baylisascaris procyonis) and shed roundworm eggs in their feces.
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Raccoon roundworm eggs are very hardy and remain infective in the soil for years after being shed in the stool.
Some studies have found that over a third of shelter kittens and young cats are infected with roundworms and shedding eggs.
Because many roundworms are dormant or shed eggs only intermittently, a negative fecal exam is no proof that they are not there.
Roundworms do not require an intermediate host to spread from dog to dog, but can be transmitted by ingestion of eggs that are shed in the feces of infected dogs.
Roundworms produce microscopic eggs which are shed in the faeces of infected cats, whereas tapeworms release mature segments (which again contain eggs) from the end of the worm into the faeces.
Infected dogs shed the microscopic roundworm eggs in their feces.