busfrsr100 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Stanley has been on treatment for hook worms as long as we have had him. Good news is I just learned he didn't have hook worm eggs found in his last stool sample. Bad news is that they found strongyle and eimera eggs in his stool. They said neither of these are an issue as they aren't parasitic to dogs and we likely see them passing through his stool because he had a snack of rabbit poop recently (I can confirm this is typical behavior for Stanley). I can find very little info on these types of parasites. Does anybody know anything about them? Should I trust the vet? They send the fecals to a lab and that is what the lab told them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhounds Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 I would worry as they are incident bystanders. One thing to watch for is transient diarrhea. No more eating rabbit raisinettes! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busfrsr100 Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 After a lot of research, it appears that strongyle is hook worm. Sounds like our vet dropped the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhounds Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 No they didn’t. Strongyle type ova is typically found in horses. I believe your dog may have been eating some outside sources aside from his food. ;-) Hookworm would have been identified as Ancylostoma caninum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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