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Re:A ‘delayed infection’ theory of childhood leukaemia by teekert on Monday May 21, 2018 @01:55PM (#17120277)
Suposedly they have already been exposed to bacteria in their own feces. Other dogs' feces however...
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Re:A ‘delayed infection’ theory of childhood leukaemia by londons_explore on Monday May 21, 2018 @02:35PM (#17120620)
Traversing the gut backwards is quite a feat for a bacterium...

Consuming ones own faeces could be an effective way to travel from one end to the other...

Lots of parasites [1] use that method too.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinworm_(parasite)

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