Birds can contract botulism in much the same way people can:
by eating food infected with the toxin - producing bacteria.
Not exact matches
For example, through direct contact with the
food or with an
infected pet; through contact with contaminated household surfaces; or
by eating cross-contaminated human
food.
If the immune system is
infected by bacteria in
food or detects the
food we
eat as an allergen (especially because of artificial additives in processed
foods) it will trigger the inflammation alarm.
A fully - grown dog or cat can pick up the parasites
by eating infected food or water, or feces found in soil, thereby ingesting roundworm eggs too small to be noticeable.
Cats get
infected by hunting and
eating prey,
eating raw
food diets, or
by inadvertently licking oocysts during grooming.
Coccidia is a parasite contracted
by eating food or drinking water
infected with contaminated feces.
Most commonly, cats get roundworms from
infected water,
food, or
by eating rodents.
Eating any
food that has been prepared
by someone
infected with the virus (remember, some people are
infected by remain asymptomatic) and who has poor hygiene.
Larvae enter through the skin
by migrating through the bloodstream to the lungs and throat and enter through ingestion if your dog
eats dirty
food, water, or feces, especially from an
infected animal.