Sentences with phrase «by rodents»

Sadly, my zucchini plants were a disaster this year — 1 zucchini eaten by rodents!

The disease is mainly transmitted from the bite of infected fleas carried by rodents.

Is there an exclusion for fires started by rodents chewing through wires?

They say holes in walls used by rodents don't get fixed for years.

Is there an exclusion for fires started by rodents chewing through wires?

While most chews are not meant to actually be eaten by rodents, it is safe for them to eat small quantities of wood, cardboard, grass and other natural fibers.

Believed to have originally come to Europe from Asia via the Silk Road trading route, it was thought that the repeated plague outbreaks that followed the Black Death epidemic were caused by rodent reservoirs in Europe — bacteria - infested fleas hiding out in rats.

Lassa fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic illness transmitted to humans through contact with food or household items contaminated with rodent urine or faeces.The viruses, which are often transmitted by rodents and bats, can cause fever, vomiting and bleeding, are often fatal.

Spread by rodent fleas, this disease may progress quickly if it isn't caught early.

«Humans usually get plague,» explains the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its website, «after being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an animal infected with plague.»

How did a rare virus carried by rodents in the African tropics move to Wisconsin?

Mayor Bill de Blasio and workers from the Housing Authority were outwitted by the rodent during a press event at a Bushwick project when it triumphantly escaped their clutches as they attempted to demonstrate a new high - tech extermination technique.

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This a Jetta that got attacked by a rodent of some kind.

Humans usually get plague after being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an animal infected with plague.

Very often, infected feline roundworm eggs are ingested by rodents, birds, beetles and earthworms.

In a thread dominated by rodents, Naomi managed to spout the squirreliest epithet.

Holes in walls used by rodents don't get fixed for years, and broken boilers leave residents without heat or hot water.

Debunking the allegation that Buhari chose to work from home because of the invasion of his office by rodents, the former minister said there was no way the Buhari that Nigerians used to know could have been chased away from his office by mere rats.

Stringer's audit says that the city has been placing «homeless families with children in shelters plagued by rodents, mold, peeling paint, and broken windows,» among other structural and maintenance problems.

(Preferences vary by rodent.)

One seed was relocated 36 times, traveling 280 meters from its original spot before it was finally eaten by an agouti 209 days later, setting a new record in seed movements by the rodents.

«But the general gist of it is that the multituberculates went extinct about 35 million years ago or so, and they were superseded by rodents.»

The task — exquisitely complex by rodent standards — is akin to how humans use street signs and landmarks to maneuver in space in order to reach a destination.

Prebiotics like oligofructose can not be digested by rodents or humans, but they are welcome treats for certain types of beneficial gut bacteria, like Bifidobacteria.

They fill the ecological niches occupied in other places by rodents and rabbits — some live in the desert, others in the rainforest, some are herbivorous, while others dine mostly on insects.

«Certain aspects of the human brain development may never be captured by a rodent model,» he said, explaining that development in mice might occur in just weeks, while in humans it spans many months, even after birth.

Animated feature about a British mouse that's flushed down the toilet of his posh Kensington home and discovers a whole city in the London sewer system, populated mostly by rodents.

These anthropomorphic, NYC sewer - dwellers have been trained in the martial arts by a rodent referred to as Master Splinter (Mako), their sensei and surrogate father.

However, the most feared pest was actually the bed bug, with 39 % of respondents saying they would least like to see bedbugs, followed by rodents, cockroaches, ants and then flies.

In India, Beck said, cats are believed to play a significant role in lessening the amount of grain loss caused by consumption or contamination by rodents.

If your cat eats a dead rodent which was killed by rodent poisoning, the cat can experience secondary poisoning.

When he's not traveling or getting mauled by rodents in the jungle, he spends his time being rejected by girls in bars in Antigua, Guatemala.

The only things to slow me down in addition to the hills were the holes dug by some rodents — watch where you step!

But nearly every homeowner's insurance policy will cover sudden and unexpected damage that is caused by pests or infestation, or that results in the damage to your property by rodents after other sudden and unexpected damage to your home.

Property damage caused by pests: They're pesky and seemingly immune to many forms of extermination, but damages to your property caused by rodents, bugs, pests and other sorts of vermin aren't covered under renters insurance.

A high - ranking Indian official has recommended that citizens start eating rats to avoid rising food prices and safeguard the nation's stocks of grain, commonly eaten by the rodents.

Leptospirosis Leptospirosis, also known as Lepto, is a bacterial infection that affects the dog's kidneys and is transmitted by rodents.

The virus is found in rodents with rock squirrels, prairie dogs and ground squirrels being the most susceptible in the U.S. Fleas carried by the rodents transmit the bacteria to other animals and humans through their bites.

Hantavirus, the pulmonary disease spread by rodents, for example, has been linked to changes in precipitation.

In order to accurately determine whether a beaver has arrived or has recently been to a certain area, Graells and colleagues Derek Corcoran and Juan Carlos Aravena reconstructed the date in which trees from different sites across a continental region in southern Chile were attacked by the rodents.

The eggs, or oocysts, are ingested by rodents, birds and other ground - feeding mammals, such as sheep, cattle, goats and pigs, which then migrate to the brain and muscle tissue.

Traditionally, the ears were cropped and the tails docked, in order to keep them short in an effort to keep those parts from being bit by the rodent or small animal.

Gallardo has now found several signs that indeed there is something unusual about the amount of DNA carried by this rodent.

He went to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Web site, along with several others, reading about any disease that could be carried by a rodent.

From 2011 - 16, 93 percent of predation to Brewer's sparrows was caused by rodents.

During the same time period, 60 percent of predation of 23 sage thrasher nest depredations caught on camera was caused by rodents, including deer mice (eight), chipmunks (eight) and ground squirrels (four).

The pygeum tree is an important source of pollen and nectar for bees and other insects, and its fruits are eaten by rodents, birds and mammals, many of which are only found in mountain forests.

Inspect the wiring, make sure it hasn't been chewed up by rodents.