Hookworm is very common disease in dogs life and it appears quit frequently in dogs also. Most of the case, puppies get infected by it. The hookworms are nothing but some internal parasites which could be the reason of your puppies death.
The aged dogs are infected rarely by hookworms and once if they infected, it will cured quickly as it is not the severe one among aged dogs. But as a pet owner you should have to take the best care of your dog as the parasites could damage a serious one for your dog.
Reason of this disease: Apart from hookworms, your pet dogs could be infected by whipworms, tapeworms and roundworms also. The disease hookworms are caused of soil that have worms in it. The dogs especially the puppies like to eat the eggs of the worm. So larvae are able to get involved in lungs first and then directly to the whole bloodstream of your dog.
How do you point out? As a responsible pet lover & owner should have to take the best care of your pet. You should have to point out not only the hookworms disease, but all possible disease that could be appears into your pet. Once hookworms appears into your pets, the common symptoms, that could be seen are the following given below
1. Weight loss
2. Anemia
3. Weakness
4. Diarrhea
You would be able to notice the hookworms symptoms, once the adult worm are in inside the pet. This is not the good situation for your dog as this stage is the final stage of this disease. The hookworm are more dangerous if it appears in puppies than a adult dogs. This disease could kill your puppies easily and so quickly.
What would be the treatment for this disease?
If you are not a vet and you have a doubt about this disease then don;t waste your time. Take your dog to a vet. A vet is a only person who can make a good and an accurate diagnosis of your dog. Your dog needs some de-wormer medication to get some immediate treatment for this disease. This type of pills were kills the worms slowly. So, as a pet owner, you need the patience to have a proper effect of this medication. If you are looking for immediate result and looking to give your pet more dosage then it will kill you dog.
So at the end of this, I have a small suggestion for you all pet lover that for time to time you can check your dog's stool for any kind of sign of hookworms parasite.
The aged dogs are infected rarely by hookworms and once if they infected, it will cured quickly as it is not the severe one among aged dogs. But as a pet owner you should have to take the best care of your dog as the parasites could damage a serious one for your dog.
Reason of this disease: Apart from hookworms, your pet dogs could be infected by whipworms, tapeworms and roundworms also. The disease hookworms are caused of soil that have worms in it. The dogs especially the puppies like to eat the eggs of the worm. So larvae are able to get involved in lungs first and then directly to the whole bloodstream of your dog.
How do you point out? As a responsible pet lover & owner should have to take the best care of your pet. You should have to point out not only the hookworms disease, but all possible disease that could be appears into your pet. Once hookworms appears into your pets, the common symptoms, that could be seen are the following given below
1. Weight loss
2. Anemia
3. Weakness
4. Diarrhea
You would be able to notice the hookworms symptoms, once the adult worm are in inside the pet. This is not the good situation for your dog as this stage is the final stage of this disease. The hookworm are more dangerous if it appears in puppies than a adult dogs. This disease could kill your puppies easily and so quickly.
What would be the treatment for this disease?
If you are not a vet and you have a doubt about this disease then don;t waste your time. Take your dog to a vet. A vet is a only person who can make a good and an accurate diagnosis of your dog. Your dog needs some de-wormer medication to get some immediate treatment for this disease. This type of pills were kills the worms slowly. So, as a pet owner, you need the patience to have a proper effect of this medication. If you are looking for immediate result and looking to give your pet more dosage then it will kill you dog.
So at the end of this, I have a small suggestion for you all pet lover that for time to time you can check your dog's stool for any kind of sign of hookworms parasite.
