anser2 Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/imageDetails?s_it=imageDetails&q=tapeworm+cycle&s_chn=hp&v_t=aoluk-homePage50&b=image%3Fs_it%3Dtopsearchbox.search%26s_chn%3Dhp%26v_t%3Daoluk-homePage50%26q%3Dtapeworm%2Bcycle%2B%26oreq%3D68028407e99b4b85aaac4d5f7f3211f5&img=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scientific-art.com%2FGIF%2520files%2FMedical%2Ftapeworm.gif&host=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scientific-art.com%2Fportfolio%2520medicine%2520pages%2Ftapeworm.htm&width=103&height=90&thumbUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fimages-partners-tbn.google.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQpKEYNW0Po5YeiTfKH_jIA8j0REmvmATHmfnTLhY 2m1zHJ7CG4KvUzS5s&imgWidth=434&imgHeight=381&imgSize=37177&imgTitle=tapeworm+cycle Tapeworm eggs once passed through the host drop onto and stick to grass which in turn are eaten by the next host ( goose ) and then can be transfered to humans when the goose is eaten unless properly cooked. Propper cooking kills the parasite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/aol/imageDetails?s_it=imageDetails&q=tapeworm+cycle&s_chn=hp&v_t=aoluk-homePage50&b=image%3Fs_it%3Dtopsearchbox.search%26s_chn%3Dhp%26v_t%3Daoluk-homePage50%26q%3Dtapeworm%2Bcycle%2B%26oreq%3D68028407e99b4b85aaac4d5f7f3211f5&img=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scientific-art.com%2FGIF%2520files%2FMedical%2Ftapeworm.gif&host=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scientific-art.com%2Fportfolio%2520medicine%2520pages%2Ftapeworm.htm&width=103&height=90&thumbUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fimages-partners-tbn.google.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQpKEYNW0Po5YeiTfKH_jIA8j0REmvmATHmfnTLhY 2m1zHJ7CG4KvUzS5s&imgWidth=434&imgHeight=381&imgSize=37177&imgTitle=tapeworm+cycle Tapeworm eggs once passed through the host drop onto and stick to grass which in turn are eaten by the next host ( goose ) and then can be transfered to humans when the goose is eaten unless properly cooked. Propper cooking kills the parasite. Good work anser2 so goose breast steaks eaten rare is now off the menu Gentlemen ! I would think then there is some risk to your dogs if you catch them eating goose poo on the sly when you are not looking then . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted January 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Hmm ! so if you are in the old habit of picking a blade of grass & chewing it like some folk do then you may be at risk too ! . I wonder how long these eggs remain active . I use to own an old Rectoty in Ireland which had large Rookery in the grounds & one day as I walked up the lane I notice a small tape worm still alive & wriggling in a puddle & I have no idea how the vile creature had got there ? I just assumed it had been dropped by one of the many hundreds of roosting Rooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Well I am just back from a shooting farmer friends place who have a farm like mine that has frontage to the loch & they have kept domesticated geese there for decades which graze freely among wild geese & he tells me they have never seen or heard of tape worms in the domestic or wild geese ? . I get the feeling this was a rare case in the goose that was shot ? . Hope SO ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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