Sentences with phrase «deadly animal diseases»

Others would rather stick to tradition and say that vaccinating has warded off the most deadly animal diseases over the past 30 years, so why question it now.

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Describing the deadly disease as a viral infection, the Health Commissioner said Monkey Pox is virus transmitted to humans from animals.

THE deadly fungal disease known as chytridiomycosis is killing frogs worldwide by impairing the animals» ability to absorb electrolytes through their skin.

Many deadly diseases that afflict humans were originally acquired through contact with animals.

Poinar suggested in the journal American Entomologist that the origins of this deadly disease, which today can infect animals ranging from humans and other mammals to birds and reptiles, may have begun in an insect such as the biting midge more than 100 million years ago.

After the deadly virus struck in 2002, disease researchers traced it to raccoonlike animals called Himalayan palm civets, which are sold for food in live - animal markets in China.

Scientists have successfully treated the deadly Ebola virus in infected animals following onset of disease symptoms, according to a report published online today in Science Translational Medicine.

The reverse — the spread of human diseases to animals — can be equally deadly: At least 5,000 western lowland gorillas have died from the Ebola virus.

One theory for the spread of the deadly fungus is that «pollutants alter immune function of the animals, and then they're not able to fend off disease pathogens properly,» Cary said.

And it remains far from clear that bats are the hosts of the deadly zoonotic disease since two similar surveys of thousands of animals, including bats, at sites where human outbreaks occurred in the past failed to turn up any sign of Ebola virus.

«The optimal strategy for protecting people and animals against this deadly disease would be through vaccination, but there are no FDA - licensed plague vaccines available in the U.S.,» said Ashok Chopra, UTMB professor of microbiology and immunology.

Saturated fat from animal origin is most definitely linked to heart disease and meat is also the only natural source of deadly trans - fat.

The author notes that while detection and treatment are important, animal product consumption has been recognized as a cancer risk for more than a century and needs to be addressed in order to prevent the deadly disease.

Canine distemper is a deadly, contagious disease that spreads through the air — from an infected animal sneezing or coughing affecting the respiratory system, the GI tract and the nervous system.

You never want to bring a stray animal into your home if you have pets, it could carry deadly diseases.

Vaccines are the best defense we have against some of the most serious, and sometimes deadly, contagious diseases that are of concern to animal shelters.

• Animals with contagious diseases, some deadly, were not separated from healthy ones at more than a dozen stores.

Often these animals suffer from severe health issues, including contagious and deadly diseases and congenital defects.

Vaccinate a young animal against deadly diseases.

Because of the deadly nature of this disease, you should never attempt to capture a wild animal on your own.

The reason is because while on the one hand we want to protect companion animals from deadly infectious diseases, we are also very concerned with the problems created by over-vaccination.

Yet, this deadly disease is still being contracted by thousands of animals on a routine basis.

Remember, vaccines are highly important as they protect animals against deadly diseases such as parvovirus and Rabies

Spay / neuter decreases the fight for resources among stray animals, preventing the spread of diseases like the deadly parvo virus and reducing mating related aggression which can often lead to dogs being rounded up and put into public shelters where they have little chance of survival.

The Koret Shelter Medicine Program has led the way in educating shelter personnel about the need to vaccinate against this deadly infectious disease as soon as an animal comes through the door.

It's certainly not about the health of the animals, even though they try to tell you it's to protect your pet from deadly disease.

Cities throughout Asia that have purged street dogs have repeatedly suffered the consequences of leaving the dogs» ecological niche open to invasion by rats, as triggered the plague outbreak of 1994 in Surat, India, or monkeys, street pigs, or other animals who carry diseases as deadly as rabies but harder to eradicate.

Dozens of dogs at a California city animal shelter are perishing from a deadly viral disease.

Animals bred in these conditions may also suffer from severe health issues, including contagious and deadly diseases and congenital defects, as well as behavioral challenges.

Ticks that are infected with potentially deadly diseases can easily transmit these illnesses to your feline through their direct interaction with the animal's blood flow.

An emerging disease is causing deadly concern to homeless dogs in animal shelters.

No other medical development has been as successful as vaccination in controlling deadly diseases in companion animals.

The Animal Welfare Act has reported numerous inspection violations such as kittens being exposed to deadly diseases and unsanitary conditions.

Companion animals are susceptible to a wide range of diseases that can be potentially deadly if left untreated.

Horse owners should vaccinate their animals against this deadly disease.

CytoSorbents Corp. launched VetResQ, a broad - spectrum blood purification adsorber designed to help treat deadly inflammation and toxic injury in animals with critical illnesses such as septic shock, toxic shock syndrome, severe systemic inflammation, toxin - mediated diseases, pancreatitis, trauma, liver failure and drug intoxication.

«No other medical development has been as successful as vaccination in controlling deadly diseases in companion animals,» says feline veterinarian Dr. Arnold Plotnick.

Vaccines — Rabies vaccines prevent the viral disease rabies, which is deadly to both people and animals.

The vaccinations protect cats and dogs against the often - deadly disease if a rabies - infected animal bites them.

DENVER / April 6, 2018 — Morris Animal Foundation - funded researchers have shown that California sea lions with more genetic diversity are less likely to recover from leptospirosis, a deadly bacterial diseases.

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

It is required that all dogs within the city have their rabies vaccination; rabies is a deadly disease that can be spread from animals to humans.

The deadly disease is contracted through the bite of rabid animals.