Sentences with phrase «carrying bubonic»

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During this time the bubonic plague was also of great concern killing millions world wide as it was often spread by rats harboring fleas that carried the infection.

Cats contract bubonic plague in the same manner as humans, from yersina pestis bacteria carried by a flea whose natural hosts are rodents.

These pests are a nuisance to your dog or cat, but even worse, they can carry tapeworms, heartworms, and diseases such as Lyme, Bartonella (also known as cat - scratch disease), West Nile Virus, leptospirosis, and even bubonic plague.

They carry diseases (such as deadly bubonic plague), cause weakness, allergic skin reactions, anemia and even death in weaker animals, if left untreated.

Fleas can cause itching and fatigue and can carry a host of diseases, including lyme disease and, of course, the bubonic plague (though it is highly unlikely today).

# 88 — That rats can carry fleas transmitting bubonic plague applies only to those rats they tested for infected fleas, and does not apply to the rats they did not test.