Intestinal worms
Parasite prevention is a core part of puppy care
Choose the right prevention protocol to achieve complete parasite protection for the life of your pup.
Types of intestinal worms
There are 4 types of intestinal worms that your puppy needs to be protected against:聽roundworm, tapeworm, hookworm聽and聽whipworm.
Intestinal worms are picked up from the聽faeces of infected dogs and from the environment. Signs of a worm burden in puppies include a聽pot-belly, a dull coat, diarrhoea, and slow weight gain. Hookworm and whipworm also attach to the walls of the intestine and feed on your puppy鈥檚 blood, which can lead to聽life-threatening anaemia.
Worm prevention
Puppies will need to be wormed for intestinal worms on the following schedule:
- Every 2 weeks聽until聽12 weeks of age
- Every 1 month聽until聽6 months of age
- Every 3 months聽for the rest of their聽adulthood
Allwormer worming products protect your puppy against all intestinal worms 鈥� we recommend聽Milbemax Allwormer聽tablets, which can be given every 3 months to adult dogs.