The challenge is that once the environment is contaminated
with whipworm eggs, the chances of a dog becoming infected again are very high.
Not exact matches
Thirteen of the 29 patients (44.8 percent) who received
whipworm eggs improved, compared
with only four of the 23 participants (17.4 percent) who received the placebo.
In 2004 the man swallowed a vial of salty liquid brimming
with 500 human
whipworm eggs, which he obtained from a parasitologist in Thailand.
In a controlled clinical trial published in 2005 in Gastroenterology, Weinstock and his colleagues gave 52 participants
with colitis 2,500 pig
whipworm eggs or a placebo every two weeks for three months.
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Whipworm in cats is caused by the ingestion of water, food or flesh (mice, birds, etc.) contaminated with adult whipworms, whipworm larva,
Whipworm in cats is caused by the ingestion of water, food or flesh (mice, birds, etc.) contaminated
with adult
whipworms,
whipworm larva,
whipworm larva, or
eggs.
Dogs can become infected
with whipworms (Trichuris vulpis) by ingesting
whipworm eggs from a contaminated environment.
If a dog licks the soil that has been contaminated
with dog feces containing the
whipworm eggs, the
eggs are passed down to the new dog's colon where the larvae are released into the intestinal epithelium.