Sentences with word «fomite»

The most common route for spread of most feline viral diseases is not direct contact between cats, but rather on fomites such as hands and clothing.

Transmission can also occur through fomite transmission, meaning from objects such as contaminated rags, tack, buckets, and horse trailers, as well as human hands.

The virus can be spread through fomites, feces or infected soil and once an uninfected dog comes into oral contact with the infection through any of these means, the virus can quickly spread.

Fomites include cat bedding, cat litter, toys, food bowls, and water bowls.

Direct contact with an infected cat is one mode of transmission; the virus is also spread through contact with fomites (contaminated objects) such as hands, instruments, clothing, food and water dishes, toys and bedding.

The intestinal form is passed with the oral contact via feces, infected soil or other fomites (contagious objects or substances that may carry the virus).

Parvovirus is primarily transmitted through direct contact, but indirect modes of transmission; such as contaminated fomites (any object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms) have been noted.

Transmission: URIs are very contagious to other cats and kittens through direct contact, and can also be transmitted by fomites and be airborne.

As Charles Krauthammer has put it, AIDS is the archetypal behavioral epidemic: it is not spread through the water supply or the air, it is not transmitted in contaminated food or infected fomites.

There is risk for fomite transmission if you keep your dirty and clean laundry in the same room.»

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association «parvo can survive in the environment for long periods of time, greater than or equal to 1 year in soil,» therefore, 2 years should be OK, BUT, parvo can be caught in so many other ways, think fomites like tires, shoes etc. that there is never a guarantee a puppy will not get it.

Black cats get lucky; a Colorado sanctuary teaches horses to trust; shelters feel the fallout from the backyard chicken craze; Florida shelter educates its staff and volunteers about fomites to prevent the spread of disease; New York rescue groups showcase foster kitties in stylish chapeaus; a wildlife biologist discusses ways for cat advocates and conservationists to work together; and more.

Even items for sale at the bird show, like food dishes, cages, and toys, can harbor fomites from infected birds, and should be washed before brought home to your bird.

Staff assignments should be made to limit the spread of disease and reduce fomite transmission, including restricting access to small subsets of the population, the use of appropriate personal protective equipment and the provision of dedicated supplies used only in limited areas of the facility.

Nosocomial (a.k.a. hospital - acquired) infections are a growing concern in veterinary hospitals, and identifying fomites is imperative to reduce the risk of pathogen transmission.

People's hands and the clothes we wear are the most common fomites.

Vaccination of veterinary staff dogs is advised, as transmission can occur via fomites, such as clothing.

More specifically, the virus can be transmitted through the feces of infected dogs, infected bitches and through indirect fomites (surfaces or other objects that contain the virus).

All efforts must be made to prevent this pathogen entering the wild amphibian population (eg, via release of infected animals or the discarding of contaminated water or fomites in amphibian habitats such as garden settings).

The virus can also be transmitted on fomites, which are inanimate objects that carry infectious organisms such as viruses and bacteria.

FPV is spread by direct contact with an infected cat or by contact with fomites, objects contaminated with the secretions from a sick cat.

Dog Flu, also referred to as Canine Influenza or CIV, is highly contagious and rapidly spread by a combination of aerosols, droplets, and direct contact with respiratory secretions or contaminated fomites.

Germs are spread by contact with an infected animal or by fomites.

The common cold virus is typically transmitted via airborne droplets (aerosols), direct contact with infected nasal secretions, or fomites (contaminated objects).

The other problem with H3N2 is that for an influenza virus, it's somewhat hardy and can live on fomites and be transported.

This doesn't mean your puppy necessarily has to eat the feces of an infected dog, your puppy can get parvo by simply licking his paws after walking on contaminated soil or the sole of your shoes (fomites).

Many pounds have serious issues with the highly contagious canine parvovirus, which is readily transmitted via faeces, vomit or fomites.

VS can be transmitted by direct contact with infected animals, contaminated objects (fomites), or by insect vectors such as sand flies and black flies.

It is spread by direct contact and fomites, and a sneeze will carry infective virus approximately 4 feet!

It is transmitted through the fecal — oral or oronasal route by exposure to fecal material, vomitus, or fomites.

The virus is transmitted by direct contact, fomites, and possibly by insects.

The virus can also reside in the soil and on small items within the environment (fomites); it will be transmitted if these are ingested.

Fomites on food and water bowls, airborne particles, feathers, feces, and other items that have been in contact with a bird with psittacosis can all infect healthy birds.

Transmission of the virus to a dog's environment can also occur from shoes that have contacted infected feces or fomites.

It is passed directly, aerosolized and can be transmitted on inanimate objects (fomites).

Transmission via insects, fomites (direct) 5.

Passive immunization should only be administered to unvaccinated kittens or cats that have had prior contact with known infected animals or fomites.

A fomite is any object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms from one individual or another.

Recovering cats can shed virus particles in feces which can spread in the environment through contamination and fomites (touching any contaminated object).