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From: sbaker@potomac.ads.com (Sharon Baker)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,rec.pets
Subject: Re: Fleas Transmit Tapeworms ???
Summary: Yes this is true!!  Heartworms are transmitted through mosquitos
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Date: 19 Jul 90 14:33:05 GMT
References: <31860@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Arlington VA
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In article <31860@cup.portal.com>, mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) writes:
>, 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?).


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