More than half of Edmonton's coyote population is infected with the Fox Tapeworm (or E. multilocularis), which is also spread by dogs & foxes. The larval form of this parasite can cause a highly lethal disease in humans...
GUEST: Scott Sugden TITLE: a PhD student in natural resource sciences at McGill University - studied coyotes & E. multilocularis as a research assistant at the U of A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinococcus_multilocularis
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