What should I do if my flat-coated retriever has roundworms? At this time, you should take it to the veterinarian for a check-up. Your veterinarian will perform a fecal examination to determine if a roundworm infection is present. If your Flat-Coated Retriever does become infected with roundworms, your veterinarian will prescribe deworming medication to help eliminate the roundworms. During treatment, you should follow your veterinarian’s recommendations and give your dog medication on time.
Flat-coated Retriever Treatment methods for roundworms in dogs:
1. Introduction to roundworms
1. Dog roundworms (Toxocara canis) are light yellowish white in color, with three lips on the head and long and narrow sides of the body. cervical wing membrane.
2. Canine roundworm eggs are excreted in the feces and develop into infectious eggs under suitable conditions.
2. Causes of Ascariasis
1. After puppies under 3 months old swallow infective eggs, larvae hatch in the intestines, and the larvae burrow into the intestinal wall. Go to the mesenteric lymph nodes through the lymphatic system, then reach the liver through the blood flow, and then reach the lungs with the blood flow. The larvae pass through the alveoli, bronchioles, and bronchi, and then are swallowed into the stomach through the larynx, and further develop into adult worms in the small intestine. The whole process is 4-5 week.
2. After an older dog swallows infective eggs, the larvae travel to various tissues and organs of the body with the blood flow and form cysts. The larvae remain active but do not develop further. The cysts are contained in the body. After the female dog becomes pregnant, the larvae are activated and migrate through the placenta to the fetal liver, causing intrauterine infection. After the fetus is born, the larvae migrate to the lungs, and then migrate to the gastrointestinal tract to develop into adult worms. Mature canine roundworms appear 23-40 days after the birth of the puppies.
3. Newborn puppies can also be super-infected by sucking colostrum. After infection, the larvae develop directly into adult worms in the small intestine.
4. Lion Ascaris eggs develop into infectious eggs under suitable external conditions. After being swallowed by a dog, the larvae escape in the small intestine, burrow into the intestinal wall, develop and then return to the intestinal cavity, where they develop into adult worms in 3-4 weeks.
3. Clinical symptoms of ascariasis
1. Ascaris parasitizes in adult dogs, and its harm is not very obvious. However, puppies have a large number of roundworm parasites, and the intestinal wall is irritated and causes various disorders. Sick dogs have symptoms such as gradual weight loss, pale mucous membranes, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea and then constipation, abdominal distension, malnutrition and anemia.
2. Dogs often like to grab dirt, wood and other foreign objects, and occasionally have epileptic spasms.
3. Development is delayed. When the infection is severe, roundworms are often excreted in the vomit and feces.worms, the diagnosis can be confirmed.
4. Ascariasis Preventive measures
How to prevent and treat roundworms in dogs? Regular inspection and deworming are the most important:
1. Check puppies once a month and adult dogs once a quarter. Times:
2. When a sick dog is found, deworm it immediately: you can use levamisole, 10 mg per kilogram of body weight, orally: or use mebendazole, 10 mg per kilogram of body weight, twice a day for two days ; Or use pyrantel (anti-insect spirit) 5-10 mg per kilogram of body weight, taken orally; or use piperazine citrate (carbicide) 100 mg per kilogram of body weight, taken orally.
3. Clean and sanitary, change the breeding environment: take the cleanliness of the environment, troughs, and food seriously, remove feces in a timely manner, and perform fermentation processing to eliminate sources of infection.