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Park entrances and playgrounds contaminated with infectious Toxocara roundworm eggs. Keep parks clean to avoid parastic ...

The best cat dewormers control tapeworms, roundworms, and hookworms. The top medicines include broad-spectrum topicals, worming tablets, and pills.

In an analysis of soil samples from twelve parks in Dublin, Ireland, park entrances were more heavily contaminated with ...

Dublin parks show high levels of roundworm eggs near entrances, highlighting health risks and the need for better pet waste cleanup.

Park entrances and playgrounds have been identified as potential hotspots for roundworm, with dog faeces the biggest cause of ...

Dog and cat roundworms have been linked to loss of vision, difficulty breathing, asthma, epilepsy and cognitive decline in ...