Lung Worm

[turbo33]

Was chatting with a Vet yesterday whilst she was checking over daughters new Cocker pup. The Vet passed on the worrying news that they had 'lost' another dog to Lung Worm this week. As I understand it, its a parasitic worm that is associated with slugs and snails. Where they go, so does the risk of lung worm contamination. Its death by haemorrhaging. I already do so, but speak with your vet about the importance of Advocate monthly. Perhaps Apache will be on to confirm how serious this is.

[Imperfection]

I just had to look where you live because i know lung worm tends to be in specific areas and although there arent any cases reported here-i guess its only time.

[activeviii]

be careful with advocate as it isnt as good as they say it is.

 

my one pup came with ear mites the vet sold me advocate and said that it will stop the lung worm, hook worm and and other worm along with the fleas and ear mites.

 

after a few weeks and some thing not right with the pup i again spoke to a vet as pup still had ear mites that i had to treat with a differant product. in the end the vet said that i wasnt the first case of the day that had issues with advocate so we wormed with dontrol+ and waited. next day it was rice noodle poo. because of this i did my other cocker and guess what. it was the same. a friend, who i got to use the new wonder drug wormed her pup with panacur to fine she had rice noodle poo as well.

 

3 dogs with 2 differant vets and differant ages all with worms,one with fleas that frontline cleared up and one had ear mites that was cleared up with ear drops.

 

i will not use this all in one drug now. ear drops for ears. flea drops for and tablet for worms. also the separate items are cheaper, and work.

 

Phil.

[utectok]

Just tried advocate on my cocker hope it works

[JDFrain]

Stronghold is the boyo for me.....

[apache]

Perhaps Apache will be on to confirm how serious this is.

You are quite right that is is a serious condition that [if in your area] needs monthly prophylactic treatment. It can cause animals to bleed anywhere so can sometimes present as a neurological problem if the bleed is in the brain.

 

The disease tends to be in certain areas, not up here in Yorkshire. I have a very limited personal experience of the disease, although remain vigilant for the signs. Speak to your vet and find out if it's in your area.

 

Prevention:

The only product (to my knowledge) is Advocate has a licence for prevention and Panacur is licensed for treatment. Advocate applied monthly and panacur would have to be given every day for a week, one week in four - totally impractical.

 

Stronghold has no licence claim to kill lungworm, nor does Milbemax or Drontal.

 

IF lungworm is your concern, Advocate it is. Often they are badly applied - the product should be applied to a dry dog's skin. Also the correct size MUST be used. Treatment failures are often owner errors.

[darren m]

this worries me as we get a lot of slugs on the patio and even in the dogs bowls if i forget to pick them up over night , but also whats worrying is i,ve got a small pond in the garden which attracts frogs which in turn eat slugs etc , then on occasion my dogs will eat the odd frog

 

i,m in the midlands ,south notts do i need to worry at all?

[turbo33]

Thanks for your professional input Apache :good:

We are quite high where I live and consequently it is often very damp/misty. The slugs and snails are a real problem, presumably hence the increased risk of lung worm.

Edited November 17, 2010 by turbo33