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ZOONOSIS TO WATCH:  Hookworm infection

10/6/2016

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A zoonosis (zoh-oh-NOH-sis) is an infectious disease that people can catch from animals, and vice versa.  Regular veterinary visits, preventive vaccinations and medications, and good hygiene can help prevent them.

Hookworms are short (6-12 mm), thick worms that are whitish to reddish brown with a hooked front end.

Signs
Puppies & kittens:  Anemia and pale mucous membranes, failure to gain weight, poor hair coat, dehydration, and dark and tarry diarrhea.
Adult dogs & cats:  Usually few signs; often source of infection for puppies; can cause severe anemia, diarrhea, and weight loss in extreme cases.
People:  Red, itchy, serpentine lesions on the skin.
How it's transmitted
Puppies & kittens:  Crossing the placenta and through the mother's milk.
Dogs, cats & people:  Ingesting them in feces and from the worms penetrating the skin (often from infected soil).
People most at risk
Farmers, gardeners, landscapers, sunbathers lying on the sand, plumbers, electricians, exterminators, and children playing in potentially contaminated areas.
How to prevent it
*  Promptly remove animal feces from the yard
*  Cover children's sandboxes when not in use
*  Wear shoes and gloves while gardening
*  Wash hands thoroughly after playing outside or exposure to soil    especially dirt under the fingernails)
*  Deworm puppies and kittens every two weeks until they can receive a monthly preventive and control product
*  To help prevent ingestion of infected animals or feces, keep dogs on leashes or in fenced yards and keep cats indoors
*  Monitor children playing outside in sandboxes and parks
*  Administration of monthly heartworm preventative helps to control these parasites!
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Brown Animal Hospital
1110 Eichelberger Street
Hanover, PA 17331
Phone# 717-633-3603
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Monday: 8am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8am - 7pm
Wednesday: 8am - 7pm 
Thursday: 8am - 5pm
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