• HubertManne@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    satan! I read it looking to see how they modified the hookworms and I can’t find anything outside of saying they were farmed and lab grown. We do so much de-worming with animals and now im wondering if that is bad for them???

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      1 year ago

      De-worming animals is probably still for the best. Even hookworms can be fatal to dogs, for example. And there are other worm parasites way worse than hookworms, like roundworms that can burrow through the intestines and up into the host’s heart and brain. I wouldn’t take the risk.

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        1 year ago

        yeah I was just musing and reading the whole paper the participants had some initial gastro intestinal issues for a day or so from getting the worms. seems its basically a very small dose of them can be beneficial so you totally don’t want to get them naturally.