A tapeworm in a dog is called the same thing, a tapeworm. The most common kind of tapeworm found in dogs is the Dipylidium Caninum, which is the cucumber tapeworm or double-pore tapeworm.
A dog tapeworm will eat whatever the dog eats! It will digest the food that the dog has eaten, which is why affected dogs might be thin, as the tapeworm is taking a lot of nutrients from the food.
Tapeworm segments can come out as the dog sleeps, yes. It's not the whole tapeworm, and the majority of the worm will still be inside the dog. Take him/her to the vet to get the condition treated.
No. ----------------------------------------parasitism the worm takes all the nutrients The dog does not benefit but the tapeworm does. The tapeworm steals nutrition from the dog and provides no benefit in return. In this case the dog can die from no nutrition
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Could be a tapeworm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapeworm
When you eat the tape worm gets bigger and bigger and will not stop growing until it you get surgury for the dog.
Yes it is bad
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an anti tape worm diet
No. It can't be
It means the dog has a tapeworm infestation, and needs to be examined by a vet, or given an over the counter dog "wormer", such as Happy Jack's Tapeworm Tablets, or Drontal Plus Allwormer. Left untreated, tapeworms can damage your dog's internal organs.