What are Dog Worms?
There are several different types of dog worms and many of them are commonly discovered. They are also called parasites, or internal parasites to be more exact. Dog worms vary in their size and also how they can affect your dog. If your dog has an untreated worm infestation then it can lead to a loss of condition in adult dogs and serious illness in puppies. Worms can pass to puppies fairly easily through the nursing dams milk and they can go directly from the dam to the foetus actually during the pregnancy. They reside in the dogs intestines where they feed on the partially digested food and nutrients; they release their eggs within the dogs stool. They can then infect other dogs when the faeces are consumed. This sounds disgusting to us but it is a common trait throughout the animal kingdom and is called copography. Hookworms can also be transmitted by penetrating a dogs skin or through the dogs paws. Types of dog worms The 3 main types of dog worms are: • Roundworms • Tapeworms • Fl
