Gut diseases

These diseases can make people sick too

Research shows between 20% to 67% of community dogs have gut diseases like:

• Worms • Giardia • and Salmonella

Worms

Hookworm and roundworm

These worms live inside dogs guts.

Sometimes they are

very hard to see

because they are

small

Hookworms have sharp teeth

They bite onto

the gut wall

They make

the dog lose blood in the

guna

The dog’s gums

become pale

Puppies become very thin, weak, and pale

They can get big round bellies,

but are skinny elsewhereSome get so

sick they die

Worms can make

people sick too

Dog worms can crawl through people’s

skin, leaving

itchy trails

Some worms

make cysts in

the eyeslungs, liver

or brain

Stopping worms

Clean handsstops infection

Medicine kills the worms in

the gut

Clean dogsstops

infection

Clean dry yards

stops infection

How worms live in dogs

Other gut diseases

Giardia, Salmonella, Cryptosporidium, Campylobacter

Gut germs

E.g. Giardia

Adults live in the gutLay eggs that pass out in the guna

Too small to see

Need to use a microscope to find them

Giardia life cycle

Giardia life cycle

Giardia life cycle

Stopping Gut diseases

Things that make more dogs get gut diseases:

• Muddy wet ground– Germs lives longer in wet areas

• No water bowls– Means dogs drink more from ground water

• Where dogs can eat babies nappies– Humans and dogs can share gut germs

• Lots of puppies– Puppies can’t fight germs as well

Stopping Gut Diseases

Clean dry yards and houses

• No dog poo near where kids sit

• Dogs cannot get to nappies Desexed dogs

Clean water in a bowl all day

every day

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