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How do hookworms transfer between dogs?

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Larvae (young hookworms) that hatch from hookworm eggs live in the soil. These larvae can infect your dog simply through contact and penetration of the skin and through the dog eating the larvae when they ingest dirt or during their routine licking (cleaning).


Can hookworms be passed from one dog to another?

They are not immediately able to infect another dog, but after a few days, these eggs mature and can infect another dog if they are eaten. Hookworm infection causes disease through the worms eating and sucking blood from the dog's intestine.

How do dogs pass hookworms to each other?

As with the roundworm and other parasitic pests, your dog or cat could catch hookworm through close or intimate contact with other animals, eating wildlife, or just by sniffing around in grass and soil that contains fecal residue from an infected animal.

How do dog worms spread to other dogs?

Intestinal parasites are contagious to other animals and humans. Because they primarily inhabit the GI tract, larvae, or eggs, are passed in the feces. The infective larvae then inhabit the soil around the feces, leaving other dogs, and children, vulnerable to accidental ingestion and subsequent infection.

Can hookworm be passed through dogs saliva?

So, the adult hookworms can't infect humans. You can get hookworms (larva, eggs) from your dog's saliva (dog kisses) or infected feces.

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