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n. - Parasitic bloodsucking small elongated soft-bodied animals

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  • By the way, do not Google "hookworm" unless you want to spend the rest of the day fighting the heebie jeebies.
  • Digestive worm diseases in dogs such as hookworm, roundworm and tapeworm can also cause serious digestive illnesses in humans.
  • BEWARE of going barefoot where hookworm is common.
  • - Effectiveness in treatment of hookworm is 75 to 95%.
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