Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2021. Q: Can cats that stay indoors get parasites? My veterinarian ...

Lungworm is a parasite that infects your cat’s lungs. There are several types of parasites that cause infection, but the most common is Aelurostrongylus abstrusus. Others include Eucoleus aerophilus, ...

In nature, the parasite spreads preferentially from rodents to cats to rodents and so forth. The parasites are "sleeping" in the rodent's brain and when the cat eats the mouse, they multiply in the ...

Fenbendazole (Panacur, Safe-Guard) is a dewormer (antiparasitic) used to treat intestinal parasites in your dog, including roundworms, hookworms, lungworms, whipworms, and some tapeworms. Your ...

Infection with a common parasite can seriously disrupt the brain function of intermediate hosts – potentially including humans – new research has found. Even when the number of neurons affected is ...