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Welcome to Southeast Alabama Veterinary Hospital located in Dothan, Alabama....
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The best thing you can do is to clean the litter boxes at least once a day to lessen the fecal exposure of other cats....
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Make sure that you are regularly checking your cat's stool and that you don't see any signs of loose stool or worms, because cats sharing a litter ...
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Cats don't always read books; they are good at adjusting to things and hiding things....
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Yes. So intestinal parasites can be passed on to people. Immediately my mind goes to ... Okay, say an animal, a cat, in this case, has roundworms....
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Definitely one of the biggest ways would be to give flea and tick preventatives all year round.
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Intestinal parasites are anything that is living in the intestines of your cats or other animals that are not supposed to be there....
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Many times they can be. Roundworms and hookworms look like long pieces of spaghetti, for a lack of better description....
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So there's no true prevention....
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It depends on your cat and how tolerable it is....
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When it comes to the tools we use - X-ray and ultrasound - it’s a matter of hoping that the cat is cooperative enough with you to lay still....
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You will not have any signs for quite a long time....
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By using a regular deworming protocol that your veterinarian recommends, as that will keep them from transmitting it between pets, and we don't wan...
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Intestinal parasites are commonly known as worms....
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This is a very important question. The answer is yes, although it isn't common in America....
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There are some that can spread to people....
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Hypertension, kidney disease, thyroid disease, and diabetes can all be related....
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You have to be careful with that. You don't want to grab things out of your cabinet, even if the issue is similar to an old problem....