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Does Worms In Puppies Infect Children?
A big argument between me and my daughter. She has 2 puppies that have worms, and she also has 3 children 3 to 8 years of age. I say play it safe, because the children can catch the worms from the puppies, she listen to a friend that told her that it is not true, I say that it is true. Whom is right?
Wed, 27 Aug 2014
yes ,visceral toxocariasis, spread when children ingest soil contaminated with dog or cat feces containing the eggs of cat or dog roundworms, and cutaneous larva migrans, transmitted when children walk barefoot on soil contaminated with cat or dog hookworm larvae that penetrate their skin.
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