My dog's poop has white patches. Is it worms or something else?

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Hi can you please help me I’m a single parent with two dogs and two children, and I think one of my dogs is having a problem, it appears that there’s a lot of white in his bowel movements sometimes it’s full white patches Other times it looks like white dots I do not see any worms, and the full white patches is throwing me off as to whether or not these are worm eggs I’m trying to avoid a vet bill this week i am in between paychecks. Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Small (up to 22lb) | Male | unneutered | 1 year and 2 months old | 14 lbs

Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA · Accepted Answer

Worm eggs are generally not visible, but adult worms and tapeworm segments are and generally move in fresh stools. It may be helpful to take the sample for a fecal exam and also to see if he is chewing anything like white plastic, bones etc which may be passed in stool; other causes may be poor digestion and undigested fat in to stool

My dog's poop has white patches. Is it worms or something else?

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