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- You may see your dog scooting his hind end along the floor due to the itch
- You might see your pet constantly licking or biting the anal area
- An entire tapeworm may pass in the feces and be obviously seen
- Dried yellowish segments of the tapeworm may be noticed in the feces or around the tail; live segments may be seen moving around in the same area
- Your pet may vomit up an entire tapeworm
- Your dog may experience bouts of gas
- Your pet could show signs of malaise and irritability
- The fur on your pet could become dull
- Your dog could be restless
- Dipylidium caninum
- This is the most common tapeworm in dogs
- Dogs become infected when grooming
- The tapeworm eggs within the broken segments passed in the feces are eaten by a flea, and then flea is then ingested by the dog
- Taenia hydatigena/Taenia multiceps
- These appear in the intestines of the canine, fox, and coyote
- The larval stage attaches to the brain, organs or spinal cord of pigs, sheep, and goats
- If the dog eats infected livestock, he becomes infected
- Can cause serious problems to humans, who may catch it from unwashed hands that have touched feces or from the consuming of unwashed vegetables that may have been contaminated by dog feces
- Taenia Pisiformis/Taenia serialis
- Dogs receive the tapeworm when they hunt and eat infected rabbits and rodents
- Echinococcus
- Dogs will get the tapeworm infection if they consume wildlife or livestock scraps like elk, sheep, or cattle
- Diphyllobothrium
- This type of tapeworm is contracted from consuming wildlife scraps and from eating undercooked or raw fish
- The larval stage develops in the flea, rabbit or mouse for example, which serve as the intermediate host
- Canines cannot be infected by eating fertilized eggs; the eggs have to pass through the host and then the dog eats the host
- Tapeworm eggs are released into the environment and then consumed
- Dogs may consume fleas through the grooming process, or by biting at the anal area due to itching
- The diet of the canine and the geographical location can influence the likelihood of tapeworm infestation
- Rural, suburban and urban dogs may hunt rodents or be fed scraps containing the tapeworm
- Eating undercooked or raw fish can cause a tapeworm infection
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