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PARASITES AND WORMS OF DOMESTICS PETS

These pages give you an insight into parasites and worms of domestic pets.

Some of these can cause illness in pets as well as in humans coming in contact with them.

We call infections that can transfer from pet to humans Zoonoses.

In summary, the most common parasites and worms we are interested in are...

	Dogs	Cats
Internal	-Heartworm -Hookworm -Roundworm -Tapeworm -Whipworm	-Heartworm -Hookworm -Roundworm -Tapeworm -Toxoplasma
External	-Demodex- Demodectic mange -Ear Mites -Fleas -Paralysis ticks -Scabies- Sarcoptic mange	-Ear Mites -Fleas -Paralysis ticks

Internal Parasites & Worms:

• Heartworm in Dogs & Cats
• Hookworms
• Roundworm
• Tapeworm
• Toxoplasma
• Whipworm
• Worming Program

External Parasites & Worms:

• Demodex
• Ear Mites
• Fleas
• Paralysis Ticks
• Scabies