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Your Dog's Mouth May Be Crawling With Human-Associated Parasites
That might make us feel better about being licked or slobbered on, but the truth is that a dog's mouth holds as many microbes as our own – we even share some.
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That might make us feel better about being licked or slobbered on, but the truth is that a dog's mouth holds as many microbes as our own – we even share some. A new study has found that a parasite typically found in humans is also present in domestic dogs and, to a lesser extent, in cats.
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