Potentially deadly tapeworm can affect dogs and humans alike
by from on (#4D667)
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The tapeworm, Echinococcus multilocularis, wasn't thought to be present in Ontario until five sick dogs from the west side of Lake Ontario - in the Golden Horseshoe area - were identified between 2012 and 2016.