Sentences with phrase «swallowing tapeworm eggs»

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«You swallow the egg - like sac and in the small intestine bile triggers the larvae to come out,» explains Judy Chinitz, co-founder of Biome Restoration, a company in Lancaster, UK, that sells vials of larval - stage rat tapeworms, Hymenolepis diminuta.

The dog can reinfect himself by swallowing the tapeworm segments as they are full of new eggs looking for a host.

Puppies become infected with them when they swallow fleas; the eggs of the tapeworm live inside the flea.

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First, tapeworm eggs must be swallowed by flea larvae (an immature stage of the flea).

Kittens become infected with them when they swallow fleas because the eggs of the tapeworm live inside the flea.

The most common route of tapeworm infection occurs when the cat swallows a flea that is carrying the parasite's eggs, but infection from mice carrying the tapeworm's egg is also possible.

Once released into the environment, they are swallowed by their needed intermediate host; immature flea larvae, where the tapeworm egg continues to grow and mature along with the flea.

On top of this your cat could swallow the fleas, and as fleas eat tapeworm eggs, the eggs end up in your cat's small intestine.