Sentences with phrase «infectious organisms such»

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

Lauric acid is an effective anti-microbial but research has shown that caprylic and capric acids are more effective than lauric acid (14, 15) and infectious organisms such as gonorrhea and chlamydia (16, 17).

Not exact matches

Infectious organisms trip specialized immune cells in the body and cause them to pump out proteins called cytokines, which produce inflammation and other hallmarks of infection, such as chills and fever.

Conventional vaccines work by triggering the immune system into manufacturing antibodies against an infectious organism, but such a vaccine has proved elusive for the rapidly mutating HIV.

Homemade diets and commercial BARF diets are often demonstrable unbalanced and have severe nutritional deficiencies or excesses.16 - 18 Dogs have been shown to acquire and shed parasitic organisms and potentially lethal infectious diseases associated with raw meat, including pathogenic strains of E. coli and Salmonella.25 - 27 Many other pathogens have been identified in raw diets or raw meat ingredients, and these represent a risk not only to the dogs fed these diets but to their owners, particularly children and people with compromised immune systems.29 - 30 The bones often included in such diets can cause fractured teeth and gastrointestinal diseases, including obstructed or perforated intestines, and the FDA recently warned pet owners against feeding bones to their canine companions.

Some vaccine is made from killed bacterial organisms rather than viral organisms and other vaccine (such as the rattlesnake bite vaccine) is made against proteins and no infectious organism is involved.

Definition: inanimate objects that are contaminated with infectious organisms and likely to carry infection, such as clothes, dishes and shoes.

The next most common infectious agents (after herpes and calici) are Chlamydophila felis (formerly known as Chlamydia psittaci) and Bordetella bronchiseptica, both organisms being sensitive to the tetracycline family (such as doxycycline).

Many other feline eye diseases are attributable to viruses, bacteria and fungal organisms that specifically target cats — such as the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), the feline leukemia virus (FeLV), the feline infectious peritonitis virus (FIP), feline herpesvirus (FHP), toxoplasma (a parasitic organism) and cryptococcus (a yeast - like fungus commonly found in soil).

It's worth quoting the SkeptVet blog at length on the subject: «(I) f vaccines do precipitate such diseases, so do infectious organisms, natural substances in food, and many other possible environmental factors.

In the article, Bruno Chomel, a professor at the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine notes that close contact, such as that which occurs when pets sleep in our beds, could contribute to the spread of a variety of infectious organisms.

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.

Uveitis is usually seen with other conditions such as a problem with the lymph nodes, disease caused by a parasite such as a protozoa, viruses such as feline herpesvirus, fungal infections, feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), feline leukemia virus (FeLV), toxoplasmosis (from a protozoa which is a one celled organism).

Less commonly, Streptococcus species, Escherichia coli, and fungal organisms (such as Aspergillus species) can be causes.3 Brucella canis can also cause discospondylitis and is an important infectious agent to consider in all suspected cases because of its zoonotic potential.

The eye examination will often include testing such as a Schirmer tear test to assess the tear production in the eye, and collection of samples of cells or secretions to look for evidence of an infectious agent such as feline herpes virus or bacterial organisms.

The test identifies the DNA of infectious organisms that can cause anemia in dogs such as Babesia sp. and Mycoplasma sp..

Some vaccines are made from killed bacterial organisms rather than viral organisms, and other vaccines (such as for rattlesnake bites) is made against proteins and no infectious organism is involved.

Indeed, these tiny, wingless creatures often carry infectious agents themselves, such as tapeworm eggs and a variety of pernicious bacteria — including the organism that causes feline infectious anemia — which can be passed among cats that are in close physical contact.