Hook Worm

[sue greenwood]

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I was talking to a man with greyhounds and he told me about one of his had ,had hook worm in it's feet. He had bought the dog in Ireland and he said it must have had it when he bought it. How do they get worms in there feet?

 

[Mark Roberts]

Hi Sue

when greyhounds are brought over from Ireland they should be given a full worming & de fleaing, Aggies cost us nearly £90 for wormers ect when we brought her over.

the trouble is they dont just come over with Tape/round worms they have other beasties like Lung, Heart, Hook worms and need a realy good cleaning out.

obviously not all dogs from Ireland are full of them but it's worth as a precaution doing them for everything.

 

[sue greenwood]

It must make their feet sore if they get them in their pads. WWhat did you use to do your dog with and did it work. This chap claimed it didn't work for him and he used something from a farmer. I thought that was slightly dangerous as not all animals can have the same things. I just wondered how he managed to bring that dog in if it had these problems?I thought there were stricter rules.

 

[Mark Roberts]

Hi Sue

we treated her with 3 differant types of wormers (all prescribed by the vet) can't remember the names of the main 2 but I know they are used in horses to treat heart/lung worm.

 

[sue greenwood]

i know it's quite a discusting topic but it is very interesting. thanks Mark. :cheers:

 

[Mark Roberts]

Have you ever seen lung worm Sue? we brought a greyhound over about 10 year ago that had them, she started coughing one day and brought a big ball of them up, their gorgeous little things :x we had to treat all the dogs with a Horse wormer that treat Lung Worm as Drontal + ect doesnt kill them.

Thats why when Aggie arrived we treated her for everything before she was allowed anyware near the whippets.

our vet advised that it's always best to clean them right out if you bring a greyhound over just in case.

 

[Lolcoe]

As with any dogs you should always take care in who you buy from and whether the breeder is competent. As a precaution any dog we buy goes straight to the vets for a check up and 'touch wood' we have never had a problem, and 3 have been from Ireland.

I have only had one dog (a pup) that seemed to want to keep his worms but if a dog has worms when wormed i reworm them until they are clear, the vet encourages this so i dont think it can harm them by 'over' worming.

Heartworm is a big thing found in Greyhounds but i think its only regularly treated as part of the worming process in America? I think its something a vet would pick up on very quickly.

 

[sue greenwood]

i've seen alsorts of horrible worms but what I couldn't understand how did he have an infestation in it's pads.i can only assume he walked in something but all four feet is extreme. pretty gross.

 

[Cartman]

Hi guys. Hope you dont mind an old whippet person having a word on hook worm.

I once lived in the middle of NSW. One of those hot/cold & dry areas. I brought a whippet from Sydney, about 300 miles away. Sydney is totally different in climate. About 8 weeks, later it lost weight at a rapid rate. We went to the vet & he did the stool sample. He said it was an infection of both hook & whip worm.

He told us it was most likley from the climate change. That is they hatched in the dry climate.

He also said these worms can keep in drains that gets hosed from kennels & lay dormant. This is the only time he mentioned the pads. Unlike some worms that dogs get by eating the eggs from grass etc. These worms can enter the blood stream by cracks in the pads.

 

[sue greenwood]

That's making me cringe :x

 

[Karen-Coral]

we need pics! (w00t)

lol

 

[oakway]

Hello All,

I live in Austrtalia and in the sub tropic region. We treat our dogs monthly for heart worm. I use Ivermectin (Sheep and Goat) at the dose rate of 1 ml per 16 kg of body weight. At this dose rate (worked out by a vet) it also cleans out hook worm. Depending on where you live and the weather conditions, some people have to worm every two weeks in the rainy season. The dogs are infected by heart worm through the bite of the mosquito.

The larvae of some worms enter through the dog pads. These larvae are microscopic and the dog has no idea that this happening. The worms then migrate to different parts of the body.

Heart worm travels through the blood stream to the heart. Heart worms just look like round worms but live in the heart and eventually kill the dog.

Jill