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Intestinal Parasites

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Signs of tapeworm infection - 2

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Flea, by Outesticide

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Lecture Notes

There are several different species of tapeworms that may infect our animals, each with different intermediate hosts. Because fleas are an intermediate host for the most common kind of tapeworm, if a dog or cat has fleas there's a good chance that she also has tapeworms.