A pregnant woman in Tunisia was found with a giant tapeworm cyst. Experts urge caution around dogs, warning against face ...

Many people sleep with their dogs on their beds. But where do we draw the line? Can cohabiting dogs be a health risk? For the ...

A rare case in Tunisia highlights the danger of letting dogs lick faces, potentially transmitting the Echinococcus granulosus ...

You might also see roundworms in your dog's stool or vomit. Roundworms are zoonotic, which means they can be spread to human family members. Tapeworms: Dogs pick up tapeworms when they ingest an ...

Humans can be exposed to these eggs by ingesting food contaminated with stool from foxes, such as herbs, greens, or berries, or by petting dogs or cats who have the tapeworm and then touching ...

Echinococcus multilocularis, also known as the fox tapeworm, mostly lives in wild ... or coyotes, or their stool, or household dogs and cats that have the opportunity to eat wild rodents infected ...

This includes other animals like the family dog or small rodents ... an infected adult flea. As the tapeworm grows, segments break off and pass in your cat's stool. "Probably the most common ...

A healthy digestion with a normal, compact, unremarkable stool always indicates that a dog is healthy, and its metabolism and body are functioning properly. The key factor is primarily the dog’s diet.

“Humans are not infected by the adult tapeworms within the dog, but instead ingest Echinococcus eggs passed in dog feces by ...