Internal parasites

... Today are at least tenkohlavec, protozoa, uncommon fluke, hookworm and one member trudniku

Tenkohlavec

Tenkohlavec fox occurs mostly in large farms, where the parasite in its host colon. Females tenkohlavce exclude eggs, which go together with the faeces into the outdoor environment, where they mature depending on temperature and humidity in the summer for ten days in winter is a long process of maturation. If the egg gets together with food into the intestine, another dog, an egg is released there larvicka. After several days of parasite matures and insert the thin parts of your body into the colon mucosa SREV host. Intestine to the great damage, which manifests itself in and outside the presence of blood in the stools, and alternating diarrhea. The worst course of the disease have puppies to lose weight and may die if not treated.However treatment is not difficult, although of course much better and more important is prevention, rather than later lidkvidovat consequences of multiple litters.

Parasitic protozoa

There are known many such examples can be cited coccidia, Giardia and Toxoplasma gondii.
Giardia attacks mucosa of the small intestine, which is prisaje and withheld from the food he takes what he needs. In the first phase of its development is in her metabolism, is capable of movement and reproduction (trophozoites). In a second stage trophozoites divide and fragment into cysts containing Giardia germs by leaving the body with feces. The external environment has again come ingestion into the body of another host. Effects are diarrhea, flatulence,deterioration of the coat.

Coccidia (eg izospory or Cryptosporidium) are a deterrent to farmers mainly rabbits, but may also occur in dogs, which causes diarrhea, leading some puppies as well as mortality and worsening of other diseases.

full article can be found in the June issue of Animal Planet, available on newsstands

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