Why Do Dogs Eat Poop?
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It's called "coprophagia," and lots of dogs do it.
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Behavioural defences in animals against pathogens and parasites: parallels with the pillars of medicine in humans
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189355/
Coprophagia: Food for thought
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1680886/
American Kennel Club: Why Dogs Eat Poop and How to Stop It
http://www.akc.org/content/health/articles/why-dogs-eat-poop/
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Vanessa Hill—Thank you!
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McKeown, D., Luescher, A., & Machum, M. (1988). Coprophagia: Food for thought. The Canadian Veterinary Journal, 29(10), 849–850.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1680886/
File:My dogs 2
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Ancylostoma caninum attached to the intestinal mucosa
CDC
File:Smiling dog
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Hookworm filariform larva
CDC
Maltese puppy, 3 days old
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File:Canine hookworm egg 1
Wikimedia Commons/Joel Mills
File:Цвергшнауцер белый Питомник "Ассон Ари" 12
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File:Malta - Mellieha -Triq Selmun - Pharaoh Hound 02 ies
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File:Killer Chihuahua
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File:Aaluna
Wikimedia Commons/Zoidy
File:Dog nose macro close up
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File:Wilde huendin am stillen
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File:Sharpei ogon 867
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Fermented hot sauce
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Produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios
Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/
↓Want more info?↓
Behavioural defences in animals against pathogens and parasites: parallels with the pillars of medicine in humans
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189355/
Coprophagia: Food for thought
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1680886/
American Kennel Club: Why Dogs Eat Poop and How to Stop It
http://www.akc.org/content/health/articles/why-dogs-eat-poop/
--
Host, Writer, Editor
Anna Rothschild
Camera and Moral Support
Vanessa Hill—Thank you!
Feel Like Home Again
Music Provided by APM
Original Footage
©WGBH Educational Foundation 2016
IMAGES
McKeown, D., Luescher, A., & Machum, M. (1988). Coprophagia: Food for thought. The Canadian Veterinary Journal, 29(10), 849–850.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1680886/
File:My dogs 2
Wikimedia Commons/Atchoo420
Ancylostoma caninum attached to the intestinal mucosa
CDC
File:Smiling dog
Wikimedia Commons/Brandon Weeks
Hookworm filariform larva
CDC
Maltese puppy, 3 days old
Wikimedia Commons/yasmapaz & ace_heart from Germany
File:Canine hookworm egg 1
Wikimedia Commons/Joel Mills
File:Цвергшнауцер белый Питомник "Ассон Ари" 12
Wikimedia Commons/Zorik07
File:Malta - Mellieha -Triq Selmun - Pharaoh Hound 02 ies
Wikimediea Commons/Frank Vincentz
File:Killer Chihuahua
Wikimedia Commons/David Shankbone
File:Kiara
Wikimedia Commons/LuKaS Cuba
File:Aaluna
Wikimedia Commons/Zoidy
File:Dog nose macro close up
Wikimedia Commons/Stockimagery
File:Caesaria f3
Wikimedia Commons/Caesaria
File:Wilde huendin am stillen
Wikimedia Commons/Stephan Gillmeier
File:Sharpei ogon 867
Wikimedia Commons/Pleple2000
Fermented hot sauce
Wikimedia Commons/Veganbaking.net
Produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios
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