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Why do most puppies have worms?

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Digging in dirt, having fleas, eating soil or feces and chasing wildlife are all ways your pet dog can pick up intestinal worms. It's very easy for dogs to be exposed to a range of parasites throughout their lives. Dogs become infected with heartworms through the bite of a mosquito.


Why do all puppies have worms?

Your dog may be infected with roundworms from the time it is born because often the mother passes the worms to the puppy while it is still in her body. Roundworms can also develop in a puppy after it is born when the puppy eats larvated eggs from the environment or drinks worm larvae (young worms) in the mother's milk.

Is it common for puppies to get worms?

A: Not all puppies, but it is very common for puppies to have roundworms or hookworms, either passed in utero or through a mothers' milk. Because worm infection is so common, we normally deworm puppies just to be safe.

What percent of puppies have worms?

Surprisingly, almost 36 percent of all dogs, and 52 percent of dogs sampled from southeastern states, harbored at least one major intestinal worm parasite.

What food causes worms in puppies?

Roundworms, hookworms, and whipworms contracted from eating from contaminated surfaces, such as where other dogs defecated and spread eggs, or passed from mother to puppies. Tapeworms, from eating a flea that consumed a tapeworm egg, or meat that is contaminated with tapeworm eggs.

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