Sentences with phrase «infected animals such»

It is possible that dogs and cats could become infected by eating dead infected animals such as birds, but this is undocumented.

Pets can become infected through contact with urine of infected animals such as raccoons, skunks, rats, feral cats, dogs, and other animals.

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GOING VIRAL The diversity of viruses carried by such animals as rhesus macaques (one shown) hints at the number of viruses capable of infecting humans that are yet to be discovered.

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.

Infection with Bb led to many histopathologic findings in infected animals not treated with dexamethasone, such as leptomeningitis, vasculitis, focal inflammation in the brain and spinal cord, and necrotizing focal neurodegeneration and demyelination in the cervical spinal cord.

Using a combination of human or specially engineered mouse cells in vitro and in vivo animal models, study senior investigator Judy Lieberman, MD, PhD; study lead investigator Farokh Dotiwala, PhD, with a team lead by the Brazilian parasitologist Ricardo Gazzinelli, DSc, DVM, found that when an immune killer cell, such as a T - cell or natural killer (NK) cell, encounters a cell infected with any of three intracellular parasites (Trypanosoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii or Leishmania major), it releases three proteins that together kill both the parasite and the infected cell:

More captive orcas in the United States may be similarly infected, but the presence of such diseases is rarely noted in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's records of the animals» deaths, the scientists say.

The new study, published online today in mBio, is an attempt to answer other basic questions, such as where the virus originated, how it enters cells, and what other animals it might infect, says Christian Drosten, a virologist at the University of Bonn Medical Center in Germany and one of the lead authors.

The researchers also state that wild animals, such as foxes can be infected and could act as a reservoir if introduced.

There are many such others, and many of them can also occasionally infect animals or people.

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.

Such samples would be ideal material to find out whether the animals come to the Middle East already infected or only come into contact with the virus once there.

Unfortunately for animals, Chlamydiapsittaci can also be transmitted through mucous membranes such as the eyes and urogenital tract, so mothers can give it to newborns and males can become infected through fighting.

Though it's been known that big cats can be infected with the virus since the 1980s, it wasn't considered a threat to such species until 1994, when the virus swept through the Serengeti lion population, killing 1,000 animals, about 30 percent of the population.

The bug can be transmitted to humans through contact with infected animals or by eating infected products such as milk or cheese.

Infected animals typically begin showing symptoms such as weight loss, lethargy, and drooling 2 to 3 years after infection and then die within months.

Fleas may become infected by feeding on such animals and can then transmit the bacteria to others when they feed again.

Ticks acquire the bacterium through feeding on deer and small infected small animals, such as mice, squirrels, birds.

Scientists could also infect animal models, such as mice, with the virus to get a better understanding of how the pathogen affects the neural system.

It spreads widely and rapidly, infecting cloven - hoofed animals such as cows, pigs, sheep and goats.

Organically fed livestock also reduces the risk of conditions such as mad cow disease, which occurs when animals consume meat and bone meal from infected animals.

Ticks often become infected when they feed on small animals, such as mice.

The basic transmission of the canine distemper virus is spread through secretions of bodily fluids, such as urine, blood feces as well as airborne transmissions, such as coughing and sneezing by infected animals.

In addition to harboring diseases that affect humans, such as ringworm, distemper, toxoplasmosis, leptospirosis and rabies, infected pets have the potential to transmit diseases into wild populations of animals.

More than 20 species of mosquitoes are known to spread heartworm, and they can carry the infected larvae for miles, even transmitting the disease from wild animals (such as coyotes) to pets.

It is also transmitted if saliva from an infected animal gets into an open wound or onto a mucous membrane such as the eyes, nose or mouth.

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.

Good dental hygiene, as well as animal dentistry, in your pet can prevent this disease, as well as prevent a number of serious secondary problems, such as heart, kidney and liver diseases, that can develop from infected gums.

Sources of salmonella include natural pet treats such as rawhide or pig ears, raw pet food, or the feces of an infected animal.

There are many types of lungworms identified, which in varying ways infect animals and migrate to the lungs and lower respiratory tract of their chosen host, causing a variety of respiratory problems such as bronchitis and pneumonia.

Dogs can also become infected by eating other animals, such as mice, that have ingested the oocysts.

You need to wear such flea collars before the fleas have infected the animal or after the anti-flea processing.

In fact, even though scientific studies have shown that only around 2 % of healthy cats are infected with FeLV or FIV, 2 many animal re-homing organizations require such testing prior to adoption or transfer.

Products such as the Hartz ® UltraGuard Plus ® Drops for Cats can keep ticks, mosquitoes and potentially infected fleas away from your animal for up to 30 days.

In some instances, an animal may have gotten an injury (such as a bite from another animal or a wound) that gets infected and turns into an abscess.

The virus is transmitted by direct oronasal contact as well as aerosolization of respiratory secretions from infected dogs, with an increased risk of exposure in high - density settings such as animal shelters and boarding kennels.

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.

Factors affecting the level of risk of heartworm infection include the climate (temperature and humidity), the species of mosquitoes in the area, presence of mosquito breeding areas and presence of animal «reservoirs» (such as infected dogs, foxes or coyotes).

The Society also reports, «Factors affecting the level of risk of heartworm infection include the climate (temperature, humidity), the species of mosquitoes in the area, presence of mosquito breeding areas and presence of animal reservoirs (such as infected dogs or coyotes).»

It is ingested when cats eat another animals» feces or infected intermediate hosts such as rodents and rabbits.

This usually occurs from eating raccoon feces, or the dirt where they have been, or eating a small animal such as a rabbit that has been infected.

Some of these diseases can be transmitted through casual contact with objects or infected animals, and others require something more direct, such as a bite wound.

Leptospirosis may also be transmitted by urine from an infected animal, whether ingested, via mucous membrane contact or even by inhaling aerosolized particles, such as when hoses are used to flush urine from cement flooring.

However, infected animals, such as cats, dogs, foxes, skunks, bats and farm animals can also transmit rabies through a bite or contact with saliva.

The worms are contracted when they eat a fish or other small infected marine animal such as a frog or crayfish.

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.

Introduction of the disease to such areas is thought to have resulted initially from the free movement of infected animals from warmer, higher incidence areas.

People and dogs can both become infected with these bacteria if they are exposed to the urine of certain small furry animals such as rodents and raccoons that are infected with the bacteria.

Together with his team, Parrish is showing in detail how those viruses jumped into and spread between dogs and how they sometimes infect other animals — including cats and wild species such as raccoons and foxes.

In addition, the eggs may be eaten by another animal («intermediate host») such as a small rodent (for example a mouse or rat), and a cat can be infected by preying on (eating) the infected intermediate host.