Ancylostomiasis

Ancylostomas or hookworm is parasitic very detrimental for the dogs and cats. Its presence in many young animals cause great interest by the significant potential of mortality due to the loss of blood.

The adult females of hookworm deposit great number of eggs in the internal of the guests. The eggs pass to lees animals. The originating larvae of eggs transform themselves into contagious 2 to 8 days, depending of the temperature. The low temperatures delay the larval development; the extreme heat and the dryness can kill the larvae. With the temperature and humidity they favor the infestación. The vital cycle is repeated when the infestantes larvae are ingested or penetrate the skin of a new guest.

The puppies with severe infestaciones of ancyilostomas can die by acute loss of blood before arriving at the 3 weeks of age. The infested puppies can seem healthful during the first week of life, but they are deteriorated quickly in the second or third week. These pale puppies exhibit encías and very dark lees that indicate the blood presence. The puppies can succumb to the infestación before the eggs are detected in their lees which does not happen up to 14 or 16 days after the infection.

The adult dogs with smooth infestaciones do not show symptoms, but those with severe infestaciones of ancyilostomas can present/display anemia, dehydration, weakness and restlessness. The black lees are of dark red color or by the blood presence. Also it can appear diarrea.

The examinations and treatments for ancylostomas must be routine and frequent where the exhibition persists, nevertheless, a negative fecal examination for ancyilostomas in adults not always test conclusive that the animals are free of parasites, because some of the larvae can remain inactive in weaves. In this situation, the prenatal and transmamaria infection (through the milk of the mother) can happen of the dog to the puppies. The transmamaria route is considered most important.

Ancylostomas also presents/displays a threat for the human health. Progressive larval Cutaneous migrans or ?eruptions? is the term that it describes to the larval infections in the humans.

The affected person puts itself in contact with humid sand or earth that contain these infectious larvae and these directly enter the skin of the person causing the disease. Whatever it works potentially in perreras areas contaminated such as or refuges, it must use shoes, gloves and other protective articles.

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Author: MV Enrique L. Fernandez

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