Recognize the symptoms of internal parasites

9.1 Recognize the symptoms of internal parasites Parasites interfere with nutrition and may suck the blood of an animal. Then the animal does not have enough nutrients for itself and will suffer from malnutrition.

Animals with internal parasites and / or malnutrition may have the following symptoms:

 have diarrhea

 are thin and often sickly  have dull, dry hair that does not lay flat  have heads that appear too big  are pale due to anemia (check under the eyelids)

 have extra fluid under the jaw due to severe anemia (bottle jaw)

 have big abdomens  produce little milk  do not grow well

Pale under the eyelids due to anemia

Extra fluid under the jaw due to severe anemia