Hydatids – when a dog is not man's best friend
Further Reading
Autumn 1996, pages 11-14
Infectious diseases in Australasia (by Michael Kotiw and Gracelyn Smallwood)
13 October 1998, page 13
Unwanted immigrants (by Debora MacKenzie)
Explains how ending quarantine could leave Britain open to exotic diseases such as fox tapeworm.
17 January 1998, page 14
Price of pet freedom (by Debora MacKenzie)
Explains how quarantine laws protect Britain from fox tapeworm as well as rabies.
10 January 1998, page 13
The turn of the worm (by Debora MacKenzie)
Describes how foxes are responsible for the European spread of a tapeworm (Echinococcus multilocularis) that can be lethal to humans.
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