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My rescued puppy has kennel cough & tapeworm. Any natural remedies?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 4 months and 7 days old

we just rescued a puppy and we believe she has kennel cough and tape worm. are there any natural remedies? we are going to take her to the vet as well

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Answered By Dr. Massimo Orioles, DVM, Cert AVP, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on November 8th, 2016

Kennel cough usually is self limiting infection and resolves even without any treatment if not severe, tapeworm must be treated unfortunately with prescription medications together with good quality flea treatment (as the fleas are the intermediate host of the parasite).

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