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Parasitic tapeworm—a risk to domestic dogs and humans—found in Washington coyotes
- April 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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New evidence suggests that a disease-causing tapeworm that has been spreading across the United States and Canada has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. The tapeworm, called Echinococcus multilocularis, lives as a parasite in coyotes, foxes and other canid species and can cause severe disease if passed to domestic dogs or humans.
Originally published at Phys.org