How would you say "de-worm" in Spanish?

Question

In the context of de-worming an animal at the vet's office, how would you say to "de-worm" an animal?

Answer 1

Desparasitar

Eliminar las lombrices

Administrar productos antiparasitarios

Here are a couple of links that you might be interested in

Lombrices intestinales en las mascotas

Sabemos de perros

Answer 2

Here is a sample sentence based on our recent work:

En estas últimas semanas hemos repartido medicina para desparasitar a más de mil personas.

Answer 3

Hola,

"Purgar" es otra opción.

Answer 4

Robertico's answer reminds me of terrible events in Europe. A newspeak of a certain idelology... ¡Que triste y horrible! But I won't elaborate on this as this is not the point of the discussion here. Just my reflection, maybe not entirely politically correct...

Answer 5

1. administrar vermífugos a (cat, dog)

worm

ver·mi·fuge (vûrm-fyj) n.

A medicine that expels intestinal worms.

adj.

Causing expulsion of intestinal worms; anthelmintic.

Answer 6

I don't know if it's an actual word, but I've heard many times people say "desparasitar" for both children and animals.

Answer 7

expulsar los parásitos