Worms from stool eating?

[Guest Anonymous]

My beagle pup ate some other dogs feces yesterday before I could pull him away from it. Could he get worms or any other diseases from this? How long would it take for any symptoms of worms to show up? Should I take a stool sample to the Vet just in case?
need help asap

[Daisysmom]

YES!! He sure can get worms (if that dog had worms....) It would be a safe and good idea to have your dog de-wormed. They will take a stool sample, but will probably de-worm any way.

Good luck

[Guest Anonymous]

[quote name='Daisysmom']YES!! He sure can get worms (if that dog had worms....) It would be a safe and good idea to have your dog de-wormed. They will take a stool sample, but will probably de-worm any way.

Good luck[/quote]

I called the vet this morning and she said that even if she took a stool sample it wouldn't show if he got worms from eating the poop until 3-4 weeks so it's not necessary. My pup had two dewormings during his 3rd and 5th weeks. But she said I could still bring in a sample to get checked if I wanted. I don't think it wouldn't show up anything, so I don't know if he needs it. :niewiem:
Don't most or all worm meds only kill adult worms anyway?? so if my pup did eat some worm larvae it wouldn't matter to de-worm until those worms did mature, right?

[imported_Cassie]

You are correct, most wormers do not affect migrating larvae or encysted larve...this is why most manufactureres of wormers advise repeating treatments 2-4 weeks after the 1st treatment. By that time most larvae that were migrating during the 1st treatment have come back to the intesting where they can be killed with the 2nd treatment.

[quote]Ingestion of eggs: After a dog eats the eggs, they hatch and the larvae enter the wall of the small intestine. The larvae migrate through the circulatory system and either go to the respiratory system or other organs or tissues in the body. If they enter body tissues, they can encyst (become walled off and inactive). They can remain encysted in tissues for months or years. This is the migration most commonly seen in older dogs. In very young puppies, larvae move from the circulation to the respiratory system, are coughed up and swallowed and reenter the stomach. There the larvae mature into adults. The adult worms lay eggs which pass out of the animal in the feces. The eggs need to remain in the environment 10-14 days before they become infective [/quote]

The above is the migration of the roundworm...other worms have different life cycles...the whipworm can also be picked up in contaminated soil and stool...but, they usually cannot be detected until they have been in the dogs system for about 3 months.

I like using Drontal plus for my dogs...this kills a large percentage of the most common worms your dog can get.
I would probably give it a little while then treat the dog with wormers...I don't feel comfortable worming my dogs too often...I usually worm them only about twice a year. And if I wormed my dogs every time they ate another dogs poop...well, lets just say I'd be worming one of my dogs (beau) every week :roll: I think the biggest concern for roundworms is they can easily be picked up by we humans if we are not really careful...the eggs are microscopic and can cling to the dogs rear end...alot of children have caught round worms from dogs due to not washing their hands properly after handling them. Working in a kennel I wash my hands after every dog I handle. One more concern is with puppies the migration of the larvae will travel to the lungs causing a pup to cough...this can some times cause pneumonia in pups.

[TDG]

just a side note on a natural, gentle, non-toxic way of deworming.

you can use food grade diatomaceous earth. it's important that food grade is used tho, not the kind you'd use for pool filters.

it works slower than chemicals, so you'll have to use it daily for a longer time, but the advantage is that you avoid pesticides.

for tape worms it works in about 2 days and for others in about a week, but you should continue the regimen for 2-4 weeks to catch worms in all developmental stages.

it's one of the things that's good to keep on hand, since it also kills fleas and other insects in the environment.

[Guest Anonymous]

where can i get that?

[TDG]

usually you can find it at places that sell gardening stuff, farm and feed supply places, and sometimes also at health stores.

i order things like that online most of the time.

if you look for it at places that sell gardening supply, make sure you definitely do get the food grade stuff! :)