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From: mel@iies.ecn.purdue.edu (Meloney D Cregor)
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Subject: Re: Fleas Transmit Tapeworms ???
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Date: 19 Jul 90 20:46:47 GMT
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In article <31860@cup.portal.com> mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
>In today's San Jose Mercury-News (7/18), an article about fleas
>mentions they can transmit tapeworms.  Is that really true?  I thought
>tapeworms were transmitted by contact with fecal material.  I think
>they're confusing tapeworms with some other kind of worm (heartworms?).

No. They are correct. The intermediate host for tapeworms is fleas and
the intermediate host for heartworms is mosquitos. Tapeworms can also be
picked up by eating rodents infested with the varmits. Heartworms have
nothing to do with feces. Round worms, hook worms, coccidia, ect. are
passed in the feces.
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