Puppies: The most common dog hookworm % to % inch (10-19 mm) in length and lives attaching its mouthparts to the small intestine the host. The females deposit many eggs, lich pass in the feces and hatch outside to ğme infective larvae.
The infective larvae may either be ingested penetrate through the skin. In puppies, pre-:al infection can occur when the larvae mi-ite through the tissues of the pregnant bitch, rvae that are swallowed develop into adult rms within 2 to 3 weeks. Those larvae that ictrate the skin burrow into the blood capil-ies and eventually get into the bronchi of the gs and subsequently are coughed up and allowed. They mature in the intestinal tract. In puppies, large numbers of hookworms may ise profound anemia, leading to collapse. In ; severe infections the puppies show a tarry 1 black diarrhea, anemia, and weakness.
The puppies' eyes generally open between the 10th and 14th days and appear milky blue. The puppies should not be exposed to excessive glare or sun at this stage. At 3 weeks of age they toddle around, and at 4 weeks they begin to manifest canine behavioral responses. At 5 to 6 weeks they still nurse, sleep, and play by engaging in mock free-for-all attacks upon one another and the bitch. Supplemental feeding of scraped raw lean beef, cottage cheese, and baby cereals can be started at 5 weeks of age, or somewhat earlier, at about 4 weeks of age, if the bitch has a scanty milk flow. |
