Welcome back, Dallas Voice readers! Can you believe it is already October? While that sinks in, I am going to share our topic for this month’s column: intestinal parasites.
As you know, there are tons and tons of different parasites out there, both in human and non-human forms ;). However, for this specific column, I will be focusing on the ones that affect our dogs and cats, specifically their guts.
There are some common misconceptions about intestinal parasites that I want to address first. One is that if you see no spaghetti-looking worms in the poop, then there are no intestinal parasites.
This is not accurate! There are different types of microscopic intestinal parasites that you will never see in the poop but that may still be