Michaela Strachan had a live worm living inside her for six months after she ate animal poo by mistake. Appearing on Loose Women this afternoon, the wildlife presenter, 58, told the eye-watering ...

Children often play in the soil of gardens and playgrounds contaminated with animal feces, and they have low standards of hygiene, making infection more likely. Safety measures: ...

In the parasite's intended lifecycle, adult intestinal worms release eggs into the feces of their primary host—foxes, or sometimes coyotes, dogs, or other canids. The eggs then get ingested by ...