>>now people just slightly younger than me have never heard of that. Know why? Its scarey for me to even think of, it was HOOKWORM larvae, entered the body, gestating. But hookworms were practically eradicated in north florida, maybe everywhere? I dont know, but they were eradicated here by this huge public health deal where they made us submit samples every few months at school, made us take meds, made us watch videos that were in spanish and subtitled in english, showing little mexican cartoon children walking barefoot to the outhouse in their sombreros and the little cartoon hookworm sneaking into the bare >>foot. I swear. How could I make something like this up...
>>Janice -- >>even good horses have bad days sometimes. There are still little kids out there getting hookworm infestations... cutaneous larvae migrans. ew. We see the usual dog sort occasionally (intestinal infestation). But most little kids don't run around barefoot anymore - sadly) and most people keep the dog poop picked up and a lot of dogs are on heartworm preventative (most brands get hookworms, too) so a lot less incidence out there. :-))) Penny
