Sentences with phrase «infect humans and dogs»

Genotypes or Assemblage A can infect humans, dogs and cats while B can infect both humans and dogs.

Ticks in North Carolina carry Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, which can infect both humans and dogs.

While there are over 213 strains of leptospirosis, only 8 can infect humans and dogs, and 5 can infect cats.

Not exact matches

This surely contributes to the rarity or nonexistence of human - to - human transmission of rabies (acquired by the bite of an infected dog or bat); cat - scratch disease (which causes skin lesions and swollen lymph nodes); tularemia (a disease, often acquired when hunting and cutting up an infected rabbit, that can cause skin ulcers, swollen lymph nodes, and fever); and BSE (probably acquired by eating the nervous system tissue of infected cows).

Scientists have no treatment for dolphins infected with the morbillivirus, an RNA virus similar to those that cause measles in humans, distemper in dogs and rinderpest in cattle.

The authors say that the particular combination of species currently infected by dog - related rabies probably arose as a combined effect of historical spread by humans and host jumping.

What matters is that 20 years from now, virtually every dog in Megasaki City is sick with a disease that's threatening to cross the species threshold and infect the human population.

Transmitted to humans via a bite from an infected animal — dog, cats or exotics — the zoonotic rabies virus can cause fever, vomiting, depression, agitation, painful spasms, and hallucination.

It is zoonotic, spreading from animals to people — and vice versa, if an infected human were to bite a dog.

Pets can easily be infected by intestinal parasites, a source of disease in not only cats and dogs, but also in the humans who care for them.

Infected dogs require prompt treatment; fleas promote anemia and affect humans as well.

These coccidia tend to be pretty species specific, so infection of a puppy or kitten is not thought to be a risk to humans and puppies are not a risk to cats or infected kittens a risk to dogs.

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

Furthermore, some worms can infect human beings, making intestinal parasites a health issue for dogs and humans alike.

WHIPWORMS can infect humans as well as dogs and cats.

Since this disease is viral and contagious your pup can pick it up by infected dogs sneezing and coughing (like a human cold).

According to the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, FIV is a slow - acting organism, and neither a human nor a dog can be infected through contact with an infected cat.

Like a human cold it only takes one infected dog to spread the infection and may do so for days or even weeks after they have seemed to recover.

Similar to how humans act when we have the flu, dogs infected with Canine Flu will feel run down and drained.

Rabies is an important disease and although it is more common in dogs (and more commonly passed from dogs to humans than cats to humans) cats can be infected and can be a source of human infection.

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.

Roundworms are the most damaging kind of worm in a human and can be from an infected dog.

Ringworm can infect cats, dogs and humans and you can therefore contract it from your dog or from items which have been in contact with your dog.

Dogs are just as susceptible to gum disease as humans are, and a lack of dental care can cause your dog to suffer from infected gums, missing teeth and even heart or kidney disease.

Humans and dogs can also be infected through the skin — cutaneous larva migrans — most likely in areas of moist soil or on sandy beaches.

Both humans and dogs can be infected by ingesting eggs.

An annually vaccinated dog can be unprotected for up to nine months of the year; and infected dogs — irrespective of vaccination — are hidden infective reservoirs, capable of spreading lepto to humans and other animals.

These parasites live in the muscles of infected animals and can be passed to both humans and dogs.

Both dogs and humans become infected through drinking contaminated water.

Equine influenza viruses do not infect humans, dogs or other animals, although an equine influenza virus mutated to infect dogs approximately 15 years ago and is now circulating as a low - pathogenicity canine influenza virus in the dog population, mostly infecting dogs in shelter environments.

While humans can't contract canine influenza, we can carry the virus on our hands and clothing for up to 24 hours after handling an infected dog.

The mites can and do infect humans and other animals, but they prefer dogs when seeking hosts.

Isolate the infected dog from other dogs and humans while treating the infesting mange with topical or oral medications prescribed by a vet.

Eating infected meat can spread the disease to dogs, and humans too.

Transmission is through the bite of an infected tick and can affect many species, including dogs and humans.

Luckily, dogs and cats can not infect each other or humans with heartworm, and they can not get it by sniffing feces of infected dogs or being around them in the dog park.

That being said, it is very possible that the viruses that cause common cold in humans can also be transmitted to dogs and infect them.

Similar to the human flu, the canine influenza virus is highly contagious and is spread through close contact with an infected dog.

The disease has a high mortality rate in raccoons, and while it poses no threat to humans, it can infect companion dogs and cats through bodily secretions or waste.

Symptoms in cats (and dogs) are not as severe as the symptoms seen in humans that are infected with lyme.

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

Dogs, cats and humans can all be infected with this intestinal parasite through the bite of a host flea.

There are seven genotypes, A through G, with dogs being most commonly infected by C and D, cats with F, and humans most commonly infected with A and B. Genotype E and F are rarely reported.

According to the American Heartworm Society, dogs are considered the definitive host for heartworms; however, heartworms may infect more than 30 species of animals, including cats and humans.

In addition to the common signs of intestinal parasites in dogs (diarrhea, vomiting, weight loss, loss of blood, lethargy), many intestinal parasites carried by our pets can also infect humans, and can even cause symptoms as serious as permanent blindness.

It is possible for giardia to be passed on from dogs to humans so proper handling of infected dogs and infected feces is crucial.

The primary hosts are domestic and wild dogs (wolves, coyotes, foxes, etc.), but it can infect cats, humans, and other mammals.

Leptospira bacteria are thought to infect all mammalian species including rodents, cattle, swine, raccoons, dogs and, yes, humans.

Dogs are considered the most common host for heartworms, however heartworms may also infect more than thirty species of animals (including coyotes, foxes, wolves, domestic cats, ferrets) and even humans, though transmission from animal to human (zoonotic infection) is extremely rare.

In humans, Campylobacter infection is a leading cause of gastrointestinal (GI) disease; infected dogs and cats can carry the organism and spread it even if they do not have symptoms themselves.