A local veterinarian is encouraging dog owners to keep their pets up to date on de-worming medications following the ...

As the weather warms and pets begin to spend more time outdoors, it’s important to stay mindful of the risks that come with ...

One day, she sneezed out a worm. Ach (ew)! This led to the surgical removal of ten larvae and a pupa from the big sinuses on ...

If your pet spends time outdoors, it could be helping an invasive species spread—and you might not realize it until a slimy ...

Dr. David Hartsuch, an emergency medicine physician and former Republican state senator, is currently suing the Iowa Board of ...

Your pet might be helping spread something you can't even see.

That’s the surprising finding from a study published in PeerJ, which documented how invasive flatworms are spreading across France by clinging to the fur of household dogs and cats. The slow-moving ...

Something strange has been turning up on pets across France, Australia, the United States, and beyond, a slimy, sticky ...

A woman in Greece experienced an extremely rare and unsettling medical condition after unknowingly becoming a host to ...

Pets are responsible for spreading an invasive flatworm species around the world, raising concerns about its impact on ...

New evidence suggests that a disease-causing tapeworm that has been spreading across the United States and Canada has arrived ...

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