Can giving a dog pork cause worms?
Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at
8:25 am
we had a ham for Christmas dinner and i want to give the left overs to my dogs but my mom says that pork gives a dog worms. And im thinking how can a dog get worms from cooked meat??
Who’s right me or my mom??
the meat is cooked…but my mom still thinks it will cause worms in the dogs
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Raw/ undercooked pork can give both humans and dogs worms.
Cooked pork is fine, however, I wouldn’t give the dog a lot as it is high in salt usually and high in fat.
If the meat (or any food) that you feed your dog is infested, your dog will get parisites.
I have heard that you are not suppose to give dogs pork.
If it was not thoroughly cooked, yes.
well i feed my dog cooked ground pork or beef and he’s fine but never give him raw pork
you are so right!
uncooked pork contains parasites that cause a serious disease in any person/animal that eats it,”trichonosis.”it put my gr8-aunt in a wheelchair for life.properly cooked pork does not contain worms or parasites.think about it,if ham had worms even if its cooked,people would get them ,too.the worms that commonly infest dogs-hookworms,flatworms,pinworms,tapeworms-are also the same ones that commonly infest human beings.if there was something in the ham ur dog could get,u would have it too.cooking at a high enough temp destroys worms,eggs and so on.
The meat is cooked so there can’t be anything living in it. Unless you’ve let the meat sit out long enough to start rotting, then it’s fine for your dog.
Raw fresh pork is fine for dogs too, but can make people sick if it happens to carry Trichinosis bacteria. A dog’s digestive system was made to digest lots of things like this that people can’t handle. So, unless your dog is unhealthy or has serious sensitivities to certain foods, he’ll be fine.
Also, most heartworm preventatives now have dewormer in them so if your dog is on a monthly heartworm preventative, the chances are even slimmer of him getting sick, even if the meat was raw or bad.
As a rule, a few scraps here and there won’t hurt your dog, but any extreme sudden change in diet may not sit well. So if you carve off five pounds of pork (cooked or otherwise) for your pooch, he may leave you a good mess to clean up in the morning.
I hate to break it to you, but you’re mom is right most likely. It depends on what breed of dog you have. Pork won’t harm a large dog as long as it’s in small quantities, but a small to medium dog—risky
You are right.
For anything to give your dog, or you, worms, it has first to be infested and second for the infestation to not be destroyed, usually by cooking.
According to the FDA, modern meat inspection throughout the meat production chain ensures almost no possibility of parasite contamination. (Viral and bacterial contamination is another story.) So even a weakly refrigerated meat then poorly cooked is not supposed to be much of a risk at all. From parasite contamination — you can still get viral and bacterial problems from that kind of carelessness.
Of course, no one in his right mind would suggest being careless and hoping!
So you are right. No worm infestation in the pork to start with means there’s nothing that fails to die during poor cooking, or even proper cooking, and therefore nothing to infect any of your family. Ask her why she’s willing for you to eat this supposedly terrible meat but she’ll fight for the dog’s health… perhaps that will make her cut you off from pork too, but it’s still a good question.
I bet she turns off the house’s water when you go on vacation.
All that said, my wife’s ghost is over my shoulder telling me that dog’s are poor at digesting pork and that means the pork is still intact enough when in the intestine that unexpected things may happen with the helpful bacteria in your dog. Some of those unexpected things will result in explosive… well, you get the idea or will after cleaning it up once! So her ghost hovering there says don’t feed much pork to your dogs in any case.
A dog can not get worms from pork unless it is uncooked.
If we can eat it then the dog can eat it. My dog has for 10 years and he is very healthy, of course he doesnt eat it every day. It is fine to treat your dog to some pork now and then.
No pork does NOT cause worms, however you shouldn’t give a dog ham because of the fat content it can cause pancreatitis.
You can give pork to dogs as long as it’s cooked. I wouldn’t suggest giving a lot to them though.