Therefore, if a dog is diagnosed
with a whipworm infection, it is advisable to treat again every three to four months.
These symptoms can be acute, as is common with a short - term stress like boarding, returning from boarding, or diet change, or they can be chronic as
with whipworm infection or inflammatory bowel disease.
Not exact matches
Please note that although several heartworm preventative products block
infection by several kinds of intestinal worms, some do not prevent
infection with whipworms.
If you notice your cat has been losing weight while still maintaining the same eating habits or is experiencing loose, bloody stools, it's time to schedule an appointment
with your veterinarian as these may indicate a
whipworm infection.
You should always start by talking to your veterinarian, who can answer all of your questions and recommend a treatment plan
with a product like Trifexis ® (spinosad + milbemycin oxime) that controls
whipworm infections.
But if your dog gets infected
with these dangerous parasites, learning about the canine
whipworm lifecycle can help you understand what's going on and what your veterinarian may be doing to treat the
infection.
Pets infected
with whipworms usually require repeated dewormings over a period of several months in order to eliminate the
infection.
Flea control measures include: bathing, dipping, collars, Sentinel («flea birth control» - an oral tablet that acts by sterilizing fleas), Capstar (oral tablet offers rapid elimination of adult fleas, usually within 30 minutes), Comfortis (month - long chewable tablet that kills fleas and prevents reinfestations), Advantage topical (kills fleas up to thirty days
with monthly application), Frontline topical (kills fleas and ticks), Revolution topical (heartworm preventative and kills fleas and ticks as well), Vectra topical (works by killing adult fleas, preventing development of immature flea stages, and repelling ticks and mosquitoes), Trifexis (monthly chewable tablet for dogs that kills fleas, prevents heartworm disease, and treats / controls adult hookworm, roundworm and
whipworm infections), and - very important - treating the environment
with carpet powders, foggers, or sprays.
Elanco will provide reimbursement for reasonable costs related to diagnosis and treatment of clinical disease associated
with intestinal parasitism from hookworm *, roundworm and
whipworm infections in dogs.
Cats infected
with whipworm usually have very light
infections and do not show any outward symptoms.
Often mistakenly lumped together
with worm
infections such as tapeworms, roundworms,
whipworms, hookworms, and others because of its name, ringworm is dogs isn't actually caused by worms — instead, it is fungal
infections.
Symptoms of a
whipworm infection include diarrhea, often
with blood or mucus, dehydration, anemia and weight loss.
As always, if your pooch's main concern is
whipworm infestation, then you clearly wouldn't be treating your dog's
infection with the Triple Wormer; you'll need something else.