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Ask The Vet: Tapeworms more of an inconvienence in adult pets
Charleston Daily Mail; 9/4/2007; Allison Dascoli; 485 words
; ... 16-year-old Shepherd/Akita mix. She somehow got tapeworm. I had a stool test and she was negative ... brightest worm people in my business, adult tapeworm infections cause little harm or inconvenience ... dog. For you and the rest of us humans, tapeworms are terribly offensive and we love to ...
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The long and short of tapeworm infection. (infection may be transmitted by direct contact with carriers of larvae)
Science News; 9/5/1992; Fackelmann, Kathy A.; 714 words
; ... infection with the larval form of the pork tapeworm, epidemiologists were mystified. How ... reported a recent trip to an area in which tapeworm infection is common. Travelers to parts ... harbored antibodies to the larval pork tapeworm, a sign of infection with the parasite ...
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Tapeworms tell tales of deeper human past. (Science News of the week).
Science News; 4/7/2001; Milius, S.; 490 words
; ... history for endowing our species with tapeworms, according to parasitologists. For decades ... scientists assumed that humanity picked up tapeworms while domesticating cattle and pigs some ... Beltsville, Md. After a new analysis of the tapeworm family tree, however, Hoberg and his ...
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Parasite ploy suggests drug-delivery tactic. (A Tale of the Tapeworm).
Science News; 3/22/2003; Travis, J.; 519 words
; For the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta, heaven is a rat ... for years. It's no wonder then that the tapeworm has developed means for keeping itself ... colleagues in Madison have long studied how tapeworms such as H. diminuta thrive inside a mammal ...
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Equestrian World: Single dose tapeworm control on offer.(Farming Life)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 10/2/2002; 433 words
; ... based product specifically targeting tapeworms has been successfully launched by Fort ... major advance on traditional pyrantel tapeworms, which require double the standard dose, Equitape offers horse owners effective tapeworm control in one single standard dose ...
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Equine tapeworms implicated in colic
DVM; 3/1/1999; Jordan, M E; DiPietro, J A; Courtney, C H; 787 words
; ... diagnosis, treatment and prevention Equine tapeworms are difficult to diagnose and have recently ... colic increases with the intensity of tapeworm infection. These results are especially ... To properly advise clients on equine tapeworm control, a veterinarian must be knowledgeable ...
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Tapeworm story lands teacher a TV segment.(Knight Ridder Newspapers:)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 5/12/2002; Myers, John; 671 words
; ... comfort of your living room in July. That tapeworm, and Sorenson's close friend who remembered ... on humans. They will be the stars of the tapeworm segment, most of which was filmed in a ... The crew used a shoelace to recreate the tapeworm, which turned out OK. But they had to coach ... first as to how the ...
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Tapeworm's trick could make drugs more effective
DVM; 4/1/2003; Anonymous; 493 words
; ... decidedly hostile environment, the lowly tapeworm uses a chemical trick to evade the propulsive ... Wisconsin-Madison (UW). Capitalizing on that tapeworm chemistry, scientists at UW believe they ... medicine. This new insight comes via the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta, a species found ...
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Tapeworm story lands teacher a TV segment.
Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, Minn.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 5/10/2002; 657 words
; ... comfort of your living room in July. That tapeworm, and Sorenson's close friend who remembered ... on humans. They will be the stars of the tapeworm segment, most of which was filmed in a ... The crew used a shoelace to recreate the tapeworm, which turned out OK. But they had to coach ... first as to how the ...
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WORRISOME TAPEWORMS FOUND IN OREGON FISH.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 10/2/2001; 139 words
; Byline: P-I staff and news services BEND, Ore. -- Two tapeworm species, including a giant one that can eat its host alive, have been found for the first time in some fish and birds in the Deschutes and Crooked river basins. The tapeworms could spread to gamefish and other wildlife, said Barbara Shields, an ...
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