#hookworm

Far Reach

The parasitic roundworm Nippostrongylus brasiliensis affecting rodents is a good model of human-infecting hookworm. A protein called fatty acid and retinol-binding protein 1 (FAR-1) released by the worm is understood to modulate the host's anti-worm immune response, but its effect on the worm itself has been unclear. Here, researchers find FAR1 plays a role in the worm's growth, development and reproduction by regulating lipid metabolism

Read the published research article here

Image from work by Wenmin Qi and colleagues

State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Image contributed by the authors under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence

Published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, January 2025

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mmm...wormgirl :)

Sueanoi here.

If dog is infested, dog can get hookworm egg/larvae stuck on paws when walking outside where poop is, or when the dog do the “burying” motion after the dog poops. Dog step inside, the inside now have hookworm.

When I was in highschool, I was in love with the game Plague Inc. I made humanized versions of the different infectors (Bacteria, Virus, Nanovirus, etc). I didn’t do all of them, and Neurax Worm was one I really wanted to do but never did. So I figured for this prompt I finally do humanized Neurax Worm and make her the controller of parasitic worms.

Her hair is strand like because it’s based on what a hookworm looks like when not under a microscope. The veins in her are what it looks like when you have a worm in your body, th tendrils for the neurax worm and what it uses to hook on to people’s brains, and she’s blind (based on what happens if a worm infects your eye and burrows inside it).

Hookworm infection may cause cognitive impairment earlier than thought

GALTx eNews: The Horrors of the Modern Hookworm!

Hookworms are increasingly common and more difficult than ever to clear from our greyhounds. According to a study by the University of Georgia, today’s hookworm is a hybrid resistant to all treatments currently approved in the US. Hookworms can even 'hibernate’ and re-infect a greyhound after the treatment clears the active infection.

After reviewing many combinations of parasitic medications, Bill Feeman, DVM at Animal Medical Centre, Medina, Ohio, recommends a treatment regime that appears to be the most successful:

Coraxis, or Advantage Multi, for 6 months (applied topically once a month)

Pyrantel Paramote based on each dog's weight, given 2 weeks after the Coraxis or Advantage Multi for 6 months

Recheck fecal 2-3 weeks after the last medication administration.

Coraxis, or Advantage Multi, is a preventative for heartworms and intestinal parasites. GALT's veterinarians at VCA Preston Park Animal Hospital in Dallas are on board with this protocol. Sometimes, with this protocol, it takes 6 months or more to show a consistent clear fecal. Click here to read Dr. Feeman's memo dated November 1, 2019, or click here to read Dr. Feeman's "Greyhound Medical Idiosyncrasies" which addresses hookworms on page 8, Item 32.

If the Greyhound you are adopting is positive to hookworms, GALT adopters receive the medication doses required and a schedule of when to administer them in their adoption packets. Please follow this schedule religiously! At the conclusion of the six-month treatment, GALT pays for the fecal if you schedule it through GALT at VCA Preston Park Animal Hospital. If the test is negative, we recommend rechecking again in two weeks with your vet to confirm the negative results. Click here to read the full letter and step by step checklist included in our adoption packets. Click here to download a letter you can present to your vet.

To help minimize the possibility of re-infestation and spreading hookworms to other dogs in your household, please always ‘pick up’ after your greyhound immediately after each elimination. Thank you for your assistance with finding a solution to keep our fur babies happy and healthy!