The best prevention is to remove feces from your yard daily and have your pets on a monthly heartworm preventive that also protects against hookworm infection.
How do you prevent hookworm in animals?
Avoiding skin contact with sand or soil, and regular veterinary care for your pets - including deworming - will help ensure healthy pets and healthy people. Wearing shoes and taking other protective measures to avoid skin contact with sand or soil will prevent infection with zoonotic hookworms.
What is the best method of prevention against hookworms?
Preventing Hookworm Infection Wear shoes outside. Avoid skin contact with soil that may be contaminated. Avoid eating food that could be contaminated. Avoid skin contact with dog poop (especially in parks, where you can't know if other people's pets have hookworm).
How do you prevent pets from getting worms?
Routine Prevention - Using a monthly parasite control product approved by your veterinarian is the best prevention method against a worm infestation. Topical spot treatments and oral chews are available for monthly dosing of your dog to keep them protected from fleas, mosquitoes, and many types of worms.
How do animals contract hookworm?
Dogs, cats and other animals can get hookworms from the environment. Hookworm eggs are shed in the feces of infected animals and then hatch into larvae in the soil. Animals may ingest the worms from the soil.
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