Cats may get roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms, or heartworms. You can treat a worm infestation with anti-parasitic medications. Worms are a common issue for cats. In fact, as many as 45% of cats ...

A parasitic infection transmitted to humans by cats affects billions of people and can alter their behavior. New research ...

To choose the treatments for this guide, I spoke with veterinarians about how to recognize and treat worms in cats. Then, I selected products based on their safety, efficacy, number of parasites ...

So, your cat has a bloated belly? Well, there really are a variety of reasons your cat might appear bloated. Some are totally ...

The ISPCA has announced its first-ever Flea and Worm Awareness campaign, which will run throughout April 2025.

Adult hookworms live in the intestines of infected dogs and cats ... Anti-parasite medication, however, can help clear the infection. Small, white worms in stools that look like pieces of ...

The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii lures infected rats to their feline predators by making the rodents sexually aroused by cat urine, according to a new study in PLoS One. For over a decade, ...

IT is not well-known that stray cats that have not been dewormed often carry zoonotic parasites (parasites that can be transmitted from animals to humans). I carried out surveys on faecal samples ...

Well, as I was so pleasantly reminded when I found an embedded tick on one of my indoor/outdoor cats, parasites can occur year-round and don’t follow a strict calendar that determines when they ...

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