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, ...

A recent study reports that free-roaming, stray, feral and “wild” domesticated cats tend to congregate in areas where humans are concentrated, like cities, and these cats tend to shed a greater ...

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 ...

For decades, scientists have warned that ecologically destructive activities increase the risk of diseases spilling over between wildlife and human populations. Examples of these drivers include ...

New research suggests free-roaming cats are likely to blame in the spread of the potentially deadly Toxoplasma gondii parasite to wildlife in densely populated urban areas. New UBC research suggests ...

Q: Can cats that stay indoors get parasites? My veterinarian recommends that I apply a parasite preventive to my cat Seymour’s skin every month, but I don’t understand why it’s necessary. A: While ...