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Re: ‘The wolf tapeworm’
« Reply #75 on: March 25, 2014, 06:38:10 PM »
My son and I are both very concerned since we are in wolf country often and our hounds are tracking cats with their noses to the ground over miles of countryside. As I mentioned he has small children who like to play with the dogs.

A rancher who's stockdog follows him around the range checking fences or checking cattle faces the same high risk of contracting the disease from sniffing an infected wolf fece. Taxidermists handling wolf hides are also high risk as are vets who handle lots of pets in areas where the parasite becomes established.

I'm sure there are other high risk scenarios, just trying to show reasons for concern.

That's why I was lamenting that there wasn't more information in the studies you referenced.

I have a curious personality and the first thing I wonder is first and foremost, how many individuals get infected in any given area - then what types of activities are those individuals engaging in.

Is an Argentinian shepard in Utah at a higher risk than a casual hunter in Idaho? Is a wolf biologist at a higher risk than an outfitter? If so, then why? How many cases can be traced back to the consumption of properly cooked game meats?

What EG shares with other parasites & viruses with a very low infection rate is a lack of proper statistical analysis.

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Re: ‘The wolf tapeworm’
« Reply #76 on: March 25, 2014, 07:15:46 PM »
My son and I are both very concerned since we are in wolf country often and our hounds are tracking cats with their noses to the ground over miles of countryside. As I mentioned he has small children who like to play with the dogs.

A rancher who's stockdog follows him around the range checking fences or checking cattle faces the same high risk of contracting the disease from sniffing an infected wolf fece. Taxidermists handling wolf hides are also high risk as are vets who handle lots of pets in areas where the parasite becomes established.

I'm sure there are other high risk scenarios, just trying to show reasons for concern.

That's why I was lamenting that there wasn't more information in the studies you referenced.

I have a curious personality and the first thing I wonder is first and foremost, how many individuals get infected in any given area - then what types of activities are those individuals engaging in.

Is an Argentinian shepard in Utah at a higher risk than a casual hunter in Idaho? Is a wolf biologist at a higher risk than an outfitter? If so, then why? How many cases can be traced back to the consumption of properly cooked game meats?

What EG shares with other parasites & viruses with a very low infection rate is a lack of proper statistical analysis.

I am pretty sure eating meat of infected animals is not much danger, especially if cooked well done, all data seems to point at avoiding the eggs in the feces and the infected organs. However, these eggs in the feces can be spread onto foliage and even into water. If a dog gets infected then a human walking through the yard could bring eggs into a home where young children play on the floor. Since data suggests that it may take 10 years or longer to learn of a cyst, who knows how many people may become infected before the problem is known.

This a problem that other countries are working to eliminate yet our states are ignoring the problem as if no danger exists. I'm glad to see that Idaho has now published a page on this so people can learn and be more careful. I have learned more just finding data to post in this topic.
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Re: ‘The wolf tapeworm’
« Reply #77 on: March 25, 2014, 07:54:35 PM »
EPT and other companies need to develop a piss test for these worms


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Re: ‘The wolf tapeworm’
« Reply #78 on: March 25, 2014, 07:56:47 PM »
 :yike:

Good luck trying to crap on the end of one of those....

White squiggly lines = infected
Matthew 7:13-14

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Re: ‘The wolf tapeworm’
« Reply #79 on: March 26, 2014, 09:19:55 AM »
:yike:

Good luck trying to crap on the end of one of those....

White squiggly lines = infected

Just insert into north end of southbound wolf, wait 60 seconds and remove from wolf.  :chuckle:
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