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Tapeworm

Tapeworm Taenia, This tapeworm can grow up to 3mm in length and live in the dogs intestine. A great number of intermediate hosts are infected by eating the eggs shed by dogs. Cysts develop in various areas depending on the species involved.

Dogs become infected by eating the tissues of the intermediate hosts that contain the infected cysts. Most infected dogs go unnoticed. Tapeworm have little public health risks and control is by regular worming.

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