What kind of worms are in my dog's feces if they are about an inch long and kind of flat?

Answer 1

Tapeworms: "Tania Diplydium Canium" These are the most common type of worm found in adult dogs. They can be one of the most difficult to kill, too. Although they do not affect the health of the pooch as severely as other types of worms, they are a problem for many pets.

Appearance: Tapeworms (cestods) are long, flat & ribbon like & sometimes, can be several feet long & are made up of many segments. Each segment carries hundreds of eggs. At times, segments are visible in feces, around the anus of your pet & in its bedding. They appear small & wite & look like pieces of rice.

Infection Method: Immature worms must spend developmental time in a host before being able to infest a dog. The host is usually a FLEA, but it can be small rodents, too. Dogs that are infested with fleas are likely to have tapeworms. That is why episodes of tapeworms are usually at their apex in the summer/warm weather months. Tapeworm eggs are eaten by the flea & develops as the flea matures. When a dog bites at itself in an attempt to relieve the itch of a flea bite, the dog often swallows the flea & thus, infects itself with the tapeworm. The head of the tapeworm, called the scolex, is equipped with suckers & hooks that hold itself to the wall of the small intestines of a dog. There is no mouth & tapeworms do not have a digestive system, to speak of. Nutrients are absorbed through the segments . These segments are called proglottids, & they are linked together like a chain. It continues to grow new segments which are added on from the neck down. Segments ripen & rupture & are shed through the anus of your pet. All of this takes only two weeks.

Symptoms: rice-like segments seen around dog's anal area or in feces or in bedding, weight loss, mild diarrhea, loss of appetite, dull coat.

Treatment: Medications prescribed by the veterinarian. The scolex or head MUST be killed & MUST be expelled from the body. Medication can be injected or in pill form.

The two types of medication are: 1. DRONCIT & 2. CESTEX. Also, you need to kill & control the fleas in & around your home & where your pet's living area is located. Tapeworms are Zoonoses, which means they are transmittable to humans. Additionally, there are some topical medications to prevent fleas & ticks from inhabiting your pet & a couple of heartworm preventatives which has a flea killing agent in them.

please take your dog to the vet to get proper treatment!

thanks!

good luck!

Answer 2

Just take a stool sample to the vet to have it tested so the vet can prescribe the correct wormer! Not that big a deal, just get it taken care of. Dogs pick up worms all the time, that's why you get a fecal test done every year during their physical.

Answer 3

tape worm which can't be found in a floatation stool sample so you should take the stool sample so the vet can see these worms and test for others and give you the correct meds. Also tapeworm is from fleas so your dog and house need to be treated for fleas.

Answer 4

These would be tapeworm segments. Get your dog dewormed and be careful handling clean up of the dog. You can infect yourself although the ova will merely pass through your system without being pathogenic to you...but still has an eeeewwwwwwwwww factor...lol

Answer 5

Intestinal worms, which you should definitely get checked out by your vet asap. Take in a stool sample where the worms are relatively prominent when you go!

Answer 6

Those would be tapeworms.
You can get Cestex from your vet to treat them - usually without an exam.