Hello, i just did a fecal on my berdie and he had pinworms. I was just wondering if anyone knows if there zoonotic?
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Pinworms
shlady3
Apr 18, 2008 07:43 PM
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T.B
Apr 18, 2008 08:26 PM
>>Hello, i just did a fecal on my berdie and he had pinworms. I was just wondering if anyone knows if there zoonotic?
You and your family will not get pinworms from your bearded. Pinworms are quite species specific. The species that afflicts humans is Enterobius vermicularis, also known appropriately as the human pinworm.
