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Dog Taenia Worm
Between two and three feet long, the taenia serialis is an intermediate worm which dogs and foxes frequently carry in their intestines, and which they contract by eating cysts and their inhabit-ants the heads which may number a dozen or more when they eathares, rabbits, or squirrels. Some cysts may be an inch in diameter and cause the intermediate host great discomfort. The rabbits or squirrels become infested from eating grass, nuts, or other vegetation to which eggs of the worm are sticking. It should be noted that many pets that are only intermediate hosts can be made very sick by the cysts of tapeworms developing within their organs and muscles as well as in their intestines. Rabbits are notorious in this respect. PREVENTION: While it is obviously impossible to avoid all contact between a dog arid any potential tapeworm host, the owner should try to reduce the contact to a minimum. The dog should never be fed any raw rabbit and whenever possible should be prevented from catching and eating them. It is also wise to see that all beef, pork, and fish fed to the dog is well cooked. Both the dog and the dog's quarters should be dusted with flea powder in order to reduce to a minimum its chances of catching and swallowing this insect host. If a dog has been infested, the kennel and the rugs and furniture in rooms it has been in should be thoroughly gone over with an efficient vacuum cleaner to remove all dried worm segments. It is also necessary to burn or bury the feces for a time to eliminate the chance of reinfestation. TREATMENT: No worm treatment is always effective so even the medications veterinarians have at their disposal are not loo percent effective but they are the best available. Over-the-counter drugs are of little use for eliminating tapeworms. Once eliminated, reinfestation is common. Symptoms of being infested with dog taenia worm. The following symptoms that your dog would show up in cases it has taenia worm.
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