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FUR LOSS ON SQUIRREL

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From: RUTH HILL
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LAKELAND, FL
WE HAVE 2 DOGS AND A CAT. THEY ARE INSIDE ANIMALS BUT DO WANDER THE YARD TO GO TO BATHROOM. IF A SQUIRREL IN OUR YARD HAS HAIR LOSS AND IT IS MANGE, COULD OUR DOGS GET MANGE?

 
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From: Laura Kammin
Visiting Extension Specialist, Pollution Prevention
Extension-Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
lkammin@illinois.edu
Not likely unless the dogs came into very close contact with the squirrel.

 
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