Sentences with phrase «important zoonotic parasite»

Another important zoonotic parasite to be aware of is roundworm, which can cause vision impairment and blindness in people.

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This is not only important for your pet, but also your family as many of these parasites can be zoonotic, or transmissible to humans.

The management and control of diseases in our household pets that are caused by gastrointestinal parasites have become especially important because of the increasing public awareness of the potential zoonotic implications for humans.

While internal parasites may be present in our pets without symptoms, they are important to screen for because of not only the potential health consequences as the populations in the pet's system multiply, but also because of the zoonotic potential — the fact that of some of these parasites can be passed to their owners.

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This is especially important, as Giardia is a zoonotic parasite, and can be transmitted to children and adults from affected dogs.

For these zoonotic diseases, parasite control is important to human health as well as that of the cats involved.