Sentences with phrase «cause fatal illnesses»

It is critically important that owners understand that these organisms can cause fatal illness.

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«Honey can contain spores of a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum, which can germinate in a baby's immature digestive system and cause infant botulism, a rare but potentially fatal illness.»

In rare cases, it can cause infant botulism, a dangerous and sometimes fatal illness.

Honey can contain spores of a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum, which can germinate in a baby's immature digestive system and cause infant botulism, a rare but potentially fatal illness.

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.

The findings shed new light on the causes of the rare but predominately fatal horse condition and could help to develop new tools for diagnosing the illness.

Mitochondrial diseases include Leigh syndrome, a progressive and fatal disorder characterized by lesions on the brain that may lead to heart, kidney, vision and breathing complications, and Alpers Disease, a neurologic illness that causes seizures, dementia, spasticity, blindness, liver dysfunction and cerebral degeneration.

Currently six coronaviruses are known to cause disease in people, but so far only two of them — SARS - CoV and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus — have caused large outbreaks of fatal illness in people.

While most West Nile Virus (WNV) infections in humans are asymptomatic and go unnoticed, the virus causes serious and sometimes fatal neurologic illness in some people.

It is a serious illness caused by infection of the colon by the bacteria, C. difficile, which produces toxins that cause inflammation, severe diarrhoea and can in the most serious of cases be fatal.

Parasites are not just a nuisance to you and your pets - some may cause serious illness in your pets and even your family and even can be fatal for pets.

While the most common form of EHV - 1 can cause respiratory illness as well as abortion, it is rarely fatal.

Not only will this help keep away more serious, and sometimes fatal, diseases, it will also keep cats from experiencing illnesses that can be the root cause of hair loss.

Even diarrhea caused by mild illnesses may become fatal if treatment is not begun early enough to prevent severe fluid and nutrient losses.

Canine parvovirus causes serious gastrointestinal illness in dogs and can be fatal.

Niels Pederson, a UC Davis professor emeritus who helped with the sequencing, is trying to better understand the genetic causes of FIP (feline infectious peritonitis,) a fatal illness in cats.

Since both strains of Canine Influenza Virus, H3N2 and H3N8, cause illness and, in severe cases, can be fatal, our hospitals have adopted American Veterinary Medical Association recommendations and now recommend vaccination for both strains for at - risk dogs.

Creating a safe environment To create a safe environment for macaws, Hill notes several common household items that can be fatal or cause illness.

Dental problems, closely related to diet, are very common in dogs and cats and are often left untreated for too long, causing much suffering and long crippling, even fatal illness.

The 2009 EPA endangerment findings took into account the public health implications of a warming climate caused by an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, which include more deaths from heat - related illnesses, more serious (and potentially fatal) respiratory illnesses, and more people at risk from catastrophic flooding.

When doctors misdiagnose a fatal illness or disease, they violate one of the principle responsibilities of a physician, and can cause serious harm.