Sentences with phrase «other wild animal disease»

Other wild animal disease donors include rats, the source of the plague and typhus.

Not exact matches

has not only caused incredible harm to the environment, but respiratory disease, cancer and other ills, so - called «accidents» that murder and maim many people — and other domestic and wild animals, the poor things dismissed as «roadkill», and heinous wars.

Disease in wild animals can have a greater impact on the health of others than on the infected animals themselves, a study suggests.

Debates are now erupting over the benefits and ecological risks of releasing such insects into the wild — and whether gene drives could also thwart invasive species such as Asian carp and cane toads, or combat other animal - borne pathogens such as the one causing Lyme disease.

«There is no proof of transmission from wild animals and plants to humans,» said lead author Claudio Soto, Ph.D., professor of neurology at UTHealth Medical School and director of the UTHealth George and Cynthia W. Mitchell Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Brain Related Illnesses.

The immunological benefits from the wild mice's gut bacteria may, in part, explain a persistent problem in disease research: Why disease experiments in lab mice, such as vaccine studies, turn out very differently in humans or other animals.

In comments to the USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, ten other conservation groups, and several bee scientists have formally asked for protection of wild bumble bees from the threat of disease.

Dr. Rocke is currently leading a large - scale field trial in 8 western states of the U.S. to determine if oral vaccination through consumption of vaccine - laden baits prevents plague in wild prairie dogs, thus reducing the risk of disease for the endangered black - footed ferret, other animals, and possibly humans.

Marine farming offers a partial solution but comes with its own barrel of worms: Farmed fish tend to be more prone to diseases which spread to wild stocks; virtually all farmed fish are carnivores and therefore need to be fed on other fish; and farming of some animals, such as shrimp, can lead to massive changes in nitrogen levels, damaging the surrounding ecology.

Do not allow your kitten to go outdoors, as it may be stolen, hit by a car, pick up diseases from other animals, or even become the prey of a wild coyote.

Outdoor cats are exposed to much more: mosquitoes, fleas, cars, wild animals, internal / external parasites, coyotes, foxes, birds of prey, and other diseases carried by stray cats and dogs.

Safety precautions: Do not allow your kitten to go outdoors, as it may be stolen, hit by a car, pick up diseases from other animals, or even become the prey of a wild coyote.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that each year thousands of people contract diseases from «zoonotic» conditions — diseases people can acquire from dogs, cats or other domestic or wild animals.

No matter their size, wild cats play an important role in keeping other species in check, including herbivores that could rapidly deplete plant ecosystems and sick animals that may spread diseases.

If you allow your cat to go outside, he might come into contact with wild animals who carry parasites and disease, as well as other outdoor cats who may fight with him, greatly increasing his risk of getting feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV).

Andrew Burbidge: Yes, I think that having a transmissible virus as the vector for immuno - contraception or whatever other technique's available is not really a viable option because the feral cat has been bred from the wild cat of Africa, Europe and Asia, and if that transmissible disease, that virus escaped Australia or was taken out purposely by someone who, you know, wanted to cause problems in another country, then we would have actually have developed a technique for eradicating native animals in other people's countries, and I just think that's not on.

Wild animals and rodents are the natural source, but dogs and other domestic animals spread the disease too.

Their intelligence and social demeanor, plus their strong personalities, make them desirable animal companions; however, rabbits are prey animals in the wild and so they mask signs of disease much longer than other pets.

Canine Parvovirus is a fast - moving, serious disease that is caused by a virus that attacks the gastrointestinal tract of puppies, adult dogs and other wild animals such as foxes and wolves.