Apart from regularly worming your pets, there are a number of other measures which can stop worms being passed on from cat to cat - or from cat to people.

• If a cat uses your garden as a toilet clean up the faeces (droppings) and bury them (if your cat has not done so already) or put them inside a sealed bag in your dustbin.
• If your cat normally uses a litter tray, remove the faeces (droppings) every day and disinfect the tray every week using hot water.
• Check your cat for signs of fleas and treat them regularly using the product recommended by your vet. Fleas are more numerous during summer and autumn, although will survive all year round in centrally heated homes.
• Discourage your cat from hunting rodents by keeping it indoors at night.
• Children will put dirty fingers and other objects into their mouths and this may bring them into contact with worm eggs. Make sure that they wash their hands after playing in a garden or other open areas which may have been used as a toilet by cats. Remember the greatest risk of children being infected with worms is from other children not your cat.