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- Abdominal swelling
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
- Weight loss
- Coughing
- Lethargy
- Adult worms in stool and/or vomit (adult worms are a white or tan color and can be 3-7 inches long. They have the appearance of “spaghetti.”)
- Toxocara canis – This ascarid infects dogs through 4 routes: Pet eggs on feces or vomit, pet eats a small rodent carrying larvae, pup infected with larvae from mother through the placenta, or pup infected with larvae from mother through nursing. After the dog eats the eggs, the larvae hatch and enter the bloodstream. They then enter the lungs, are coughed up and swallowed, and develop into adults in the small intestine where they feed and lay more eggs.
- Toxascaris leonine– This ascarid infects dogs through 2 routes: The pet eats eggs on feces or vomit or eats a small rodent carrying larvae. After the dog eats the eggs, the larvae hatch and develop into adults in the small intestine where they feed and lay more eggs.
- Eating feces from an infected animal
- Eating an infected small rodent
- Eating vomit from an infected animal
- Pup infected through the infected mother in utero.
- Pup infected through nursing from infected mother.
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