Parasites
Fleas
Mites
Mosquitoes
Flies
Leptospirosis

Parasites

A parasite is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life in or on the living tissue of a host organism and which causes harm to the host without immediately killing it.

The harm caused to a dog by a parasite can take many forms, including various specialized types of tissue damage, to more subtle effects such as modification of host behaviour.

Intestinal parasites of dogs are potential health hazards for humans, too. If hookworm larvae penetrate the skin they can cause "cutaneous larval migrans", a potentially serious and scarring inflammation results.

The first indication that a dog is infected with some type of parasite is, very often, the presence of something in the dog's feces. If your dog passes anything unusual in its feces, Collect It, your vet will usually find it more helpful to see what was in your pet's feces than to listen to your description of it.

Fleas, Mites, Mosquitoes, Flies, are all parasites

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Mites Demodex mite Harvest mite Cheyletiella mite Sarcoptes mite
Mosquito Flies