Sentences with phrase «carry zoonotic diseases»

Our furry friends also carry zoonotic diseases (diseases that can be passed from animals and humans) and one lick can lead to your potential death.

Vectors (e.g., organisms like fleas and ticks) can also carry zoonotic diseases

Some animals can carry zoonotic diseases, which can be transferred to humans.

As well as the discomfort they cause your cat, they can also carry zoonotic diseases that can be transmitted to humans.

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Lyme is also a zoonotic disease, meaning that it can be transferred between us and our furry family members (most likely due to them carrying infected ticks into our homes, but direct transmission has not been ruled out).

«I'm not a proponent of having animals sleep on your bed, as it is always possible for animals to carry some infectious or zoonotic disease that they might pass to their owners,» says Dr Simon Quek, veterinarian at Mount Pleasant Animal Medical Centre's Clementi branch.

Ticks carry a number of diseases, some of which do have zoonotic potential (can be transmitted to people).

This will alleviate the necessity to explain basic biological terminology to you such as carrying capacity, invasive, domesticated species (selectively bred), zoonotic diseases, and the scientific method in general.

There are very few zoonotic diseases carried by cats and you would have to come into contact with the cat which is highly unlikely with feral cats.

It provides crucial safeguards against the introduction of dogs carrying infectious and zoonotic diseases and parasites, which hurt consumers who buy or adopt them and can spread to other animals and people.

As with any animal that carries a risk of zoonotic disease, hand - washing after handling is of utmost importance.

This is for your health and safety, as dogs can carry a number of zoonotic diseases including rabies.