Sentences with phrase «infect ferrets»

External parasites, such as fleas, ticks, mange, and ear mites, can also infect ferrets and can be treated with both topical and injectable medications.

Humans can infect ferrets and vice versa, so take precautions if you have a cold or flu.

Dog heartworms occasionally infect ferrets causing similar signs.

The team concluded that the virus can infect ferrets and be transmitted between ferrets both by direct contact and, less efficiently, by air.

Though the ferrets had no direct contact with each other, all of the highly pathogenic virus strains (the 2016 sample and the genetically tweaked strains) spread through the air via respiratory droplets to infect ferrets in neighboring cages.

He infected ferrets with the hybrid virus, which then acquired two additional mutations.

Infected ferrets passed the virus to all of the uninfected animals housed in the same cage, indicating that H7N9 spreads through direct contact, the team reports May 23 in Science.

To find out how the virus might spread among people, an international group of researchers infected ferrets, which often stand as proxies for people in influenza studies.

All the infected ferrets and pigs showed mild signs of illness, such as sneezing, nasal discharge, and lethargy, but none of the infected animals became seriously ill.

By inserting nasal secretions from the first infected ferret into the nose of another and repeating that «passaging» from ferret to ferret, both teams allowed natural selection to choose the genetic variants of flu best at growing and spreading in ferrets.

After 10 such passages, the virus was able to spread in the air, infecting ferrets in separate cages.

Infected ferrets typically have nasal and eye discharge that worsens, swollen eyes and nose, and hardened foot pads, among other symptoms.

These immature heartworm larva are not found in infected ferrets.

Not exact matches

In the study, however, the ferrets only died when infected directly with a swab — not when they contracted the more mild airborne variety.

Ransomware creators are constantly embedding advertising, pornography, shopping and other highly trafficked online networks with their handiwork, which is programmed to ferret out those browser vulnerabilities and infect computers when the end - users click on activating links.

Perhaps their most surprising and troubling discovery was that mutations present in only about 6 percent of the viruses infecting one ferret could be transmitted to another.

Combing the genetic data from a transmission study in ferrets, a team led by Thomas Friedrich, a professor of pathobiological sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, found that during transmission, when one animal is infected by another through sneezing or coughing, the process of natural selection acts strongly on hemagglutinin, the structure the virus uses to attach to and infect host cells.

Needing proxies for humans, the researchers infected caged ferrets with either the original 1918 flu virus (reconstructed two years ago) or the altered form.

The strain engineered to be sensitive to Tamiflu, for example, infected three of the four ferrets housed next to sick animals; two of the infected animals died.

He exposed ferrets to this strain, and used the animals» nasal fluids to infect others.

Both mutants spread easily among ferrets, but whereas Fouchier's strain reportedly killed all of the animals it infected, Kawaoka's did not.

A day later, three uninfected ferrets were placed inside cages with the infected animals, and another three uninfected ferrets were placed in cages nearby.

All the uninfected ferrets inside the cages became infected, while only one of three placed in nearby cages became infected.

Studies in ferrets and pigs have shown that H7N9 more easily infects mammals than H5N1, a strain that sparked pandemic fears a decade ago.

Unlike the ferrets, infected pigs in this small study did not transmit virus to uninfected pigs, either through direct contact or by air.

Using ferrets, the most common animal for influenza testing, the experiments found the virus did not infect the animal.

Another study found more virus in the noses of ferrets infected with flu if they had been shaved — which reduces their body temperature — or treated with antipyretics, fever - lowering drugs.

Despite its name, canine distemper virus can infect plenty of non-dog species, including ferrets, seals and cats (though not the domestic variety).

CDC researchers took ferrets never infected with an influenza virus and injected them with this year's vaccine, which has an H1N1 component of human, not swine, origin.

Using this technique, the scientists have designed proteins that latch on to a flu protein and weaken the virus when it infects mice and ferrets.

If you have ferrets, they can also be infected, so be sure to talk to your veterinarian about prevention options for them.

While heartworms can infect more than 30 species of animals, such as ferrets, domestic cats, foxes, and other wild animals in the dog family, canines are considered the definitive host for these devastating worms.

Feline panleukopenia is a highly infectious virus that infects cats, raccoons, ferrets and mink.

«Dogs, cats, and ferrets: Rabies virus is excreted in the saliva of infected dogs, cats, and ferrets during illness or for only a few days before illness or death.»

The specific mite that causes sarcoptic mange on dogs, called Sarcoptes scabiei, will also infect humans, cats and ferrets, although it prefers dogs.

Indoor and outdoor ferrets and cats can be infected.

The H3N2 strain, however, has been reported in Asia to infect cats, and there's also some evidence that guinea pigs and ferrets can become infected.

Ferrets can get this from infected dogs.

Notoedres tend to infect cats while Otodectes affect both dogs and cats as well as ferrets and foxes.

It primarily infects dogs, cats and ferrets, although it can also infect a wide variety of wildlife.

The definitive host is the dog, but it can also infect cats, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and other animals, such as ferrets, bears, sea lions and even, under very rare circumstances, humans.

It primarily infects dogs, cats and ferrets and is potentially fatal; however, it is almost 100 % preventable with yearly testing and proper use of heartworm preventive medications.

Otodectes infect dogs, cats, foxes and ferrets.

Dogs and people are most commonly infected with blastomycosis, but it has also been reported in cats, horses, wolves, ferrets and polar bears.

Ferrets can also get tapeworms from swallowing infected fleas while self - grooming.

The following wildlife carries fleas that infect pets: raccoons, opossums, deer, mice, cattle, coyotes, foxes, bobcats, skunks, ferrets, Florida panthers.

It can also infect foxes, wolves, coyotes, raccoons, skunks, and ferrets and often this is how it gets back into the pet population.

Ringworm is actually a fungus, not a worm, and is transmitted by touching the fur or skin of an infected animal, especially cats, though ringworm can also infect dogs, horse, ferrets, rabbits and guinea pigs.

Mosquitoes bite an infected wild canine species (such as coyotes), infected dogs or infected raccoons and then pass the «baby larvae» to other animals, including unprotected dogs, cats or ferrets not on a heartworm preventative.

The mosquito - borne parasite Dirofilaria immitis is known to infect multiple species, including dogs, cats, ferrets, wolves, coyotes, foxes, sea lions, and even humans.1 Canids, including dogs, are the definitive hosts, while cats are viewed as aberrant or atypical hosts.1 Unlike dogs, in North and South America, D immitis is the only filarial disease that infects cats.2