feces

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People can become infected by swallowing tapeworm eggs, such as through food contaminated with coyote or dog feces.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

The rare respiratory disease, for which there is no cure, typically spreads through the urine, feces and saliva of infected rodents.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Male and female mice that received strain CBA3656 showed more than double the amount of nanoplastics in their feces compared with mice that did not receive the probiotic.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

The strain on the cruise ship is mostly spread by long-tailed pygmy rice rats via their saliva, feces or urine.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

Everywhere we went, dead Confederate sailors stared at us, their ghostly bearded feces shimmering over their skulls.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan