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From: laura@manta.uucp (Laura Toms)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,rec.pets
Subject: Re: Fleas Transmit Tapeworms ???
Message-ID: <1990Jul20.001502.28077@manta.uucp>
Date: 20 Jul 90 00:15:02 GMT
References: <31860@cup.portal.com> <1990Jul19.095851.25926@manta.uucp>
Reply-To: laura@manta.MorningStar.Com (Laura Toms)
Organization: at home in Dublin, Ohio
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In article <1990Jul19.095851.25926@manta.uucp> laura@manta.MorningStar.Com (Laura Toms) writes:
>From the _Dog Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook_:
>
>    "Dogs can acquire several different kinds of tapeworm.  One is due
>    to eating uncooked meat or discarded animal parts.  Another is
>    acquired by eating raw fresh fist.  Commonly, the disease is 
                                  ^^^^ Correction: fish

>    transmitted by the flea.  The dog must bite or swallow the flea
>    which harbors the immature tapeworms in its intestine.  Fleas 
>    acquire the parasite by eating tapeworm eggs."

I got email about my humorous typo.  Sorry!  Even the spelling checker
won't catch that one...
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