Sentences with phrase «signs of worm infections»

Some of the common signs of worm infections are listed below, but these may also be symptoms of other illnesses.

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In both kittens and adult cats with small numbers of worms, there may be no clinical signs of infection.

In heavy infections, adult worms may invade the chambers of the heart and cause symptoms including coughing, sluggishness and difficulty breathing, though some dogs may show no signs at all.

Many dogs show little or no sign of infection even after the worms become adults.

A cat or dog with recent or mild heartworm infections may show no signs of illness; however, once the adult worms have developed in the heart common symptoms can include fatigue, chronic coughing, vomiting, and weight loss.

Usually, there is no outward signs of an infection until the worms start attacking the nervous system.

At first, an infected dog may show few if any signs of infection; but, as the worms grow and mature, they cause increasing damage.

According to the American Heartworm Society, a dog with a low number of adult worms present in the body that does not undergo strenuous exercise may never have apparent signs of heartworm infection.

Also, heartworms take months to develop and you likely won't notice any signs until your fuzzy one needs serious veterinarian intervention and treatment — it takes approximately six months from the time of initial infection until detection as the test detects adult worms.

Although it takes a number of years before dogs show signs of infection, once infected, it is a particularly deadly and nasty illness, with worms that have grown up to 10 inches in length clogging the heart, causing severely infected dogs to die suddenly during exercise or excitement.