Vomiting and diarrhea: If worms are treated early, a dog will never get to this stage. The diarrhea may have worms present, but it's much more common to just have mucus or blood. Coughing: Not all ...

When giving your dog human food, you should feed it to them in small amounts. A general guideline for treats is that they should be only 10% of your pet's daily calories, PetMD reports.

An illustration of the worm’s complex life cycle by the study authors. Illustration: Baniya, et al/Pathogens. When these worms infect dogs, they cause a disease called canine schistosomiasis.

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A parasite that sickened 10 dogs and killed another in Southern California was found in the Colorado River in Blythe, its first known presence in the state.