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- From: young@serum.kodak.com (Rich Young)
- Subject: Re: Confused about worms...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.212200.21525@pixel.kodak.com>
- Originator: young@sasquatch
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- Organization: Clinical Diagnostics Division, Eastman Kodak Company
- References: <1992Nov18.212109.809@pixel.kodak.com> <1eeoe9INNgol@FUNCTOR.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU> <19NOV199210074848@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 21:22:00 GMT
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- In article <19NOV199210074848@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> afdenis@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison) writes:
-
- >In article <1eeoe9INNgol@FUNCTOR.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU>, loosemore-sandra@cs.yale.edu (Sandra Loosemore) writes...
- >>Just one more note: My vet said that the worm tests they run on the
- >>stool samples DO NOT detect tapeworms. If there is any suspicion that
- >>the cat has tapeworms, they just give it the tapeworm pill anyway.
- >>
- >>-Sandra
- >
- >Isn't that because a tapeworm is a permanent resident and doesn't exit the
- >cat's body on the feces express ?
-
- Tapeworms shed segments regularly which can look like pieces of rice
- which stick the the anal area. But they don't ALWAYS shed segments,
- and I understand that the most reliable way to detect them is by
- dilution of stool material in water and subsequent examination for
- eggs in the resulting watery mixture. Corrections welcomed.
-
- >On a lighter note, they say a tapeworm is the *perfect* pet ...
- >goes where you go, eats what you eat ... etc. :-)
-
- AR-R-R-GH!!!!
-
-
- -Rich Young (These are not Kodak's opinions.)
-