Re: Dogs


"Séimí mac Liam" <gwyddon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Xns99F946686F320Sim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"...The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today
announced about 14 percent of the U.S. population is infected with
Toxocara, or internal roundworms, contracted from dogs and cats. The
results of this study demonstrate that Toxocara infection in the
United States is more widespread and common than previously
understood. This infectious agent is capable of causing zoonotic
disease that can lead to blindness and serious systemic illness..."

Underestimate it at your child's peril.




"People can be infected by the dog roundworm, but the worms cannot
complete their lifecycle in humans. Ingested eggs hatch into larvae and
enter the blood stream, but the great majority are walled off and killed
by the immune system without any clinical signs." So says Nurse Minerva.

Much as her uniform is fetching I tend to favour The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention as a more credible source.


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