the round room of dogs with the
musically sounding name of Toxocara
canis is the most significant intestinal
parasite of our pets and now and then it
enjoys humans too if by chance on a long
winter evening you find yourself slicing
up round worms to kill time you'll
understand how they earn their name the
parasite has a direct life cycle which
means its whole development might as
well happen within a single host it's
life cycle is as simple as a nuclear
submarine therefore it's not enough to
deworm once in a hurry than the lighter
Cuban cigar and pat yourself on the back
when you take your dog to the vet and
the doctor wants to deworm it and you go
hell man we did that two weeks ago and
you're sure you're being ripped off
because of your golden wristwatch and
Indian silk suit well it's all because
of this worm the traditional infectious
form of the round worm is the embryo
nated egg practically a larva in a shell
it's much like a vacuum-sealed toddler
when swallowed by a dog it can behave in
two different ways in puppies rather
than staying put where intended by
destiny after all it's a gut worm isn't
it the stupid could choose itself
through the bowel wall messes around in
the liver trying to find a weight but
holds the map upside down its GPS isn't
updated and it's pitch dark inside
anyway
totally clueless it lands in the lungs
from where with a shrug
Yolo it jumps head-on into the Airways
with great effort it sweats itself up
into the throat grabs onto a charming
piece of snot and gets swallowed having
found its god-given place in the small
intestines the worm realizes how time
has gone by and caving in under social
pressure it marries its highschool
sweetheart and together they start
producing eggs by the thousand
lots of
thousands the worm typically but not
always mind you gets along in a
different way in adult dogs namely it
will miss a crossroads in the lungs
ending up in the outback of mostly brain
and muscle tissues here it will settle
down do its own laundry and watch soccer
games whenever not sleeping it can carry
on this miserable existence for years
well who wouldn't in male dogs this is
where the worm's career ends but in
females it's different as it's widely
known ladies have joys in life which
gentlemen do not they never get yelled
at for leaving the toilet seat up not
taking out the trash or not shaving and
they can even become pregnant in a
pregnant [ __ ] the larvae can get moving
again and enter the fetuses we're on the
first breath of the puppet they break
into the Airways like crazy as a HDTVs
are sold 80% off inside a cuff a gulp
and there they are in the bowels ready
for adult life larvae that miss the
train into the fetus you can go boating
on the milk of the [ __ ] to reach the
pups but it's not just dogs that can
contract the infection numerous
warm-blooded species mostly small
rodents and birds can be so-called
parrot anak hosts of the parasite like
in adult dogs larvae in these are total
screw-ups as well they never settle in
the bowels and never become sexually
mature they're aimless wandering is only
cut short
if a dog devours the parrot anak hosts
thus setting the parasite free when out
of gratitude the worm finishes its
development and starts laying eggs round
worm infection causes symptoms of
varying gravity depending on the age of
the animal and number of worms present
adult dogs are fairly resilient and the
few worms in their bowels are too
lonesome and depressed to cause any
symptoms no one appreciates me I feel
like a worm in the bowels of some stupid
animal there there that will be 70
dollars please also larvae rambling in
tissues very rarely cause problems
it is the pups mostly that really suffer
from roundworms
their intestines may become as crowded
as a Friday night disco and the head
banging doped worms get the host down
the appetite of the pups becomes erratic
their tummy gets bloated and painful
often their poop is mucus they get thin
their immune system weakens and at times
they may even look paralyzed or have
seizures in other words they show all
the symptoms of internet deprivation the
migrating masses of young larvae can
cause serious pneumonia at birth and
hundreds of fully developed worms can
lead to death to diagnose around worm
infection we need a microscope some dog
poop and a clothespin would also come in
handy with this method we look for eggs
which are produced by sexually mature
worms only but how can we detect larvae
sleeping or wandering in tissues no clue
still the presence can almost be taken
for granted unless the dog spends its
days in a hazmat suit it is most likely
to get the infection sooner or later and
one occasion is enough to get its body
well stocked with sleeping larvae which
have a much longer life than adult worms
do while sleeping they are not much of a
bother but they can and will infect
every puppy in every litter the [ __ ]
will ever have a puppy having round
worms is well worth betting on with
large sums clearly dogs have lots of
opportunities to raise round worms and
to litter the environment with millions
of resistant eggs fortunately we can do
something about it which is in the
interest of all of us even of those who
hate dogs and every night dream about
aliens replacing all dogs in the world
with banana hammer fiends you see round
worms can also settle in humans as
parrot anak hosts larvae hatching from
the eggs to wonder about in the tissues
of the body the disease is
all the vlm for short which stands for a
visceral larva migrans the elegant
version of something's freaking crawling
inside you often there are no symptoms
at all or only very mild ones but
depending on the route the larvae take
serious symptoms may also arise it's
mostly seen in children but adults are
not safe either a definite diagnosis is
almost impossible
which causes doctors to roll around
sleeplessly at nights and making them
seriously annoying the next day some of
the medications against roundworms only
kill off adult parasites in the bowels
but are powerless against larvae and
have no long-lasting continuous effect
other preparations last longer than just
a few days and migrating larvae don't
laugh at them that much puppies would be
in the greatest need of the latter since
larvae from the womb and sipped from the
milk continuously graduate and start
working but such agents are not to be
administered up to a certain age when
deworming pups we are left with the
short-term stuff aiming at a balance
between efficiency and practicality
which greatly reduces the infection in
dogs but at the same time no continuous
administration of drugs with a
high-powered Russian suction pump is
necessary keeping to a well-constructed
deworming schedule is of key importance
puppies receive a frequent treatment
which gets less frequent as the dogs and
their resistance against roundworms grow
so by diverting the dog every other week
the vet is not trying to rip you off
even if he has an evil look golden teeth
and a thick gangster-like unibrow adult
dogs are worth deworming at least once
every three months better of course
every month particularly if they live in
highly roundworm infested areas this can
be fulfilled
also by regularly applying heartworm
preventives there are products able to
fight migrating larvae in pregnant and
nursing [ __ ] to prevent the infection
of pups but none of them are officially
labeled for this purpose in an idea
a world where hot chicks hang out with
good guys there are always free seats on
buses and no farts are ripped at dinner
fat dog fecal exams are performed every
six or three months or there I say it
every month to find out if it's
necessary to divert the dog in question
more or less frequently the round room
of the cat which belongs to a different
species called Toxocara mystics behaves
in roughly the same way as that of the
dogs but with cats there is no
possibility of infection within the womb
larvae however are emptied with milk in
masses regarding humans the emphasis is
on prevention following the release from
the hosts roundworm eggs go through to
three weeks of tough training to become
infective so if you remove the poop of
your dog immediately rather than going
around and looking at it for weeks until
it's covered by grass and the kid rolls
over it making it unnoticeably flat you
have reduced the risk of infection
otherwise the rules of general hygiene
are valid vegetables fruits and hands
are to be washed you should keep an eye
on your kids who enjoy sticking light
bulbs so blades and poop stain
playground sand in their mouths summing
it up round worms of dogs and cats are
parasites found all over the world their
eggs are viable for a long time and very
enduring so there's one round almost
every corner weaving plans of world
domination round worms cause symptoms
mostly in young animals your pet can and
does get infected in several different
ways
so regular deworming particularly in the
case of young ones must not be neglected
in the fight against the disease the
parasite can infect humans as parrot
anak hosts so battling round worms is in
our common interest
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