Lungworm - Page 1

Anyone had any personal experience of this?  It is apparently appeared in UK and spreading.  Anyone had a dog with it  who can tell me what symptoms they had and how well they recovered after treatment?  I understand it can be caught by eating smails, but is there any other way it can be contracted?

Margaret N-J

Is this really so rare that nobody on this board has any experience of it?  I know it is not as exciting a topic as the ones where everyone is tearing each other to shreds, but some first or even second hand info would be helpful since I haven't been able to find anything much about recovery, especially from neurological damage. 

Margaret N-J

Margaret,

I have never heard of a case in dogs.......sorry!?    I have heard about it in Cattle & Horses.

I do know that it has similar signs to... "heart disease, kennel cough, trachea problems...etc"

Roundworms, Whipworms can cause some of the same signs of coughing if they pass through the intestines/stomach and "float" about the body.

The medicine most used for Lungworms is Panacur.

I'm sorry ,....my personal experience is "null" when it comes to Lungworms..........maybe someone else can shed a better light.

Robin

kaffirdog have you got a dog that has or has had it?  

AS

Thank you for noting symptoms are simialr to other parasites.....  Hos is it diagnosed/differentiated from the others?  I have never heard of dogs having this one and have never bothered to learn anything aobut it, sorry I am no help!

Thanks,

Darcy

Apparently the intermediate host is the snail. Main host is the fox. Main symtom is coughing. Go to:

www.newmaldenvets.com/noticeboard

You should seek veterinary attention right away.