Sentences with phrase «posed by the parasite»

They take education efforts into classrooms and village meetings, distributing posters and comics explaining the risks posed by the parasite.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging calm over «alarmist» headlines linking contact with cats to schizophrenia due to the risks posed by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

Not exact matches

By identifying odors attractive to these parasites, researchers may one day develop traps for worms that pose major health risks.

Viruses and parasites pose a threat to the blood supply as evidenced by the recent widespread outbreaks of Chikungunya and Zika viruses.

Salmonella and parasites are a major concern, especially in raw poultry (not to mention the danger posed by chicken bones), all raw meat carries the risk of microbes and parasites, including E. coli.

Many, but not all, of the larger parasites that pose a threat to your pet's health are destroyed by freezing (20 days @ — 15C or 6 days @ -30 C).

The risks and side effects posed by intestinal parasites in dogs make routine screening and deworming an integral part of your dogs general well - being.

Beyond the issue of social irresponsibility that relates to importing stray animals into a country that has worked to solve its own stray animal problem for most of this century, a significant public health risk is posed by the mass importation of animals from countries where standards of veterinary medicine are not as high as they are in the US and where diseases and parasites that are not found here currently may be endemic.

Witness, for example, a paper published earlier this year in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases, in which the authors suggest that outdoor cats pose a threat to Hawaii's state bird, the Nene (or Hawaiian goose), by spreading the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.