kinda scarry

soooo....  im paging through the newest issue of deer and deer hunting magazine and came acrossed an artical titled "hydatid disease" by Dr. Valerius Geist

in this artical it talks about tapeworms (more specificaly echinococcus granulosus the dog tapeworm and the fox tapeworm E. multiloccularis) it is a 3 page write up but in a nutshell it says that they can be transmitted through the antire food chain in this way... k9 poops, poop dries, eggs get airborne and land on plants, all grazers are at risk of contact and infection including rodents, deer, predators and PEOPLE! also if deer get infected there guts can carry the tapeworm eggs and if a stray/hunting/farm dog comes in to contact with the guts they can then become infected and in turn bring these paracites home and spread them around the yard through there feces. then they can track it in to your home oy you can pet them and track it in. if you then eat you may have the eggs inside you. they can be deposited in your liver, lungs or brain that forms cysts and stay there un detected until they are large enough to cause problems. if they lodge in your brain it can be fatal.

with the rapid growth and expansion of predator populations people need to be aware that if they live in montana idaho upper great lakes states (minnesota wisconsin michigan and that also probably pertains to us in the middle) that they could come in to contact with these paracites. if you handle predators use rubber gloves and be sure to wash your hands thouroughly before dooing anything else. also dispose of deer remains in a way that dogs will not come in to contact with them.

i know this was a long post but i was completely unaware of this potential issue and thought that people may benefit from reading this article. if you have not heard of this i would sugest purchaseing the june 2010 issue of DEER & DEER HUNTING and reeding it.

-tyler-