In extreme cases, the swelling can be profound, resulting in a condition known as elephantiasis. This is because the worm ...

Echinococcus multilocularis infection is becoming more prevalent in North American wild and domestic canid species ...

The comedian Shappi Khorsandi once commented that she used the mythical concept of "sugar worms" to get her children to brush their teeth after sweets. It's a trick I poached to convince my daughter ...

Cats primarily become infected with tapeworms when they ingest fleas infected with tapeworm larvae. Each Droncit tablet contains the active ingredient praziquantel, which works to paralyze and ...

Our bear might host some platyhelminthes, like tapeworms she got from eating infected ... where it reproduces. Like the larvae could burrow into the muscles of a fish or rabbit, and begin growing ...

Fleas can also spread parasites like tapeworms and may transmit diseases ... of continuous protection against adult fleas, flea larvae, and ticks. The Seresto Flea and Tick Collar contains ...

For starters, there’s no guarantee that the tapeworm will actually stay only in the intestine. “Once tapeworm larvae enter the bloodstream, they can travel to different organs, including the brain,” ...

More specifically, flea larvae — those wiggly worms I mentioned earlier. Flea larvae eat tapeworm eggs. Flea larvae then turn into cocoons, which later hatch into adult fleas that hop onto ...