CDC: About Dog or Cat Tapeworm Infection
Overview Dipylidium caninum is a common tapeworm of dogs and cats in the United States and throughout the world. Dogs and cats get Dipylidium tapeworm by swallowing a flea infected with a tapeworm larvae, often while grooming themselves. The larval tapeworm will then develop into an adult tapeworm in the animal’s intestine. People get Dipylidium tapeworm the same way dogs […]