Sentences with phrase «wild animal causing»

Given this new data suggesting that the consumption of flesh from wild animals causes less inflammation, might those who continue to eat meat benefit from switching to something like venison?

Given this new data suggesting that the consumption of flesh from wild animals causes less inflammation, those who continue to eat meat might benefit from switching to something like venison — but it depends on what kind of ammo you use.

Not exact matches

has not only caused incredible harm to the environment, but respiratory disease, cancer and other ills, so - called «accidents» that murder and maim many people — and other domestic and wild animals, the poor things dismissed as «roadkill», and heinous wars.

«Identifying which of these candidate genes actually causes variation in responses to cold snaps will give us the potential to understand whether evolution to climate change can occur in both wild and domesticated animals, allowing us to better predict which species or breeds will be «winners» and «losers» and to better mitigate the effects of anthropogenic climate change on a wide range of organisms from beneficial pollinators to invasive pests,» said Theodore Morgan an associate professor of evolutionary genetics in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University and senior author of the study.

Wild boar and red deer are key hosts of bovine tuberculosis — a chronic, infectious disease mainly caused by Mycobacterium bovis — in southern Europe, with the incidence of TB in these animals particularly high in certain areas of Spain.

To simulate injury — like that caused by a predator in the wild — the team performed amputations on anesthetized ephyra, producing animals with two, three, four, five, six, or seven arms, rather than the usual eight.

Looking further into the intestinal crypts of both the transgenic and wild - type mice, the research team made what they consider a surprising finding: Not only was HMGA1 causing the stem cells themselves to self - renew or proliferate more rapidly in the transgenic animals, but it was also increasing the number of Paneth cells, a type of niche cell known to support intestinal stem cells.

Debates are now erupting over the benefits and ecological risks of releasing such insects into the wild — and whether gene drives could also thwart invasive species such as Asian carp and cane toads, or combat other animal - borne pathogens such as the one causing Lyme disease.

Interestingly, these semi-captive animals» microbiomes fell right in between those of the wild and captive doucs, further supporting they hypothesis that lower plant consumption causes loss of microbial diversity.

But we are not doomed to cause a sixth mass extinction, at least not yet, despite consuming our way through the world's remaining big wild animals.

More animals died as a result of interactions with humans than from any other cause, and captive - born animals suffered more fatalities from human interactions than their counterparts caught in the wild.

Encephalitis can be caused by a large number of viruses, bacteria and parasites, and identifying novel pathogens in wild animals is a huge and often insurmountable challenge.

Looking to the future Studying animal breathing rhythms and capacities can also help scientists better understand respiratory disease in marine animals, which is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among marine animals in the wild and under human care, Fahlman said.

Think about it: What causes one person to flinch with fear causes another person to experience joy or pleasure; think about rappelling, paragliding, or getting close to wild animals.

While companion dogs are usually kept indoors and often do not come into contact with tainted meat or other wild animals that may have worms, contact with other dogs or feces in the park may cause transmission of parasitic worms like heartworm, tapeworm and roundworms.

Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease spread in the urine of wild and domestic animals and capable of causing illness in humans as well as dogs.

We do very limited work on advocacy around other specific animal issues such as use of animals in laboratories and companion animal homelessness, because we think good opportunities to help animals are much easier to find in the area of farm animal advocacy (and additionally the less popular area of wild animal suffering).104 The work we do in these areas serves mainly to check our assumptions about the scale, tractability, and neglectedness of various causes.

Therefore, we expect that, until wild animal advocacy from a perspective close to ours is more developed generally, we will do the most good by focusing on the farm animal cause, including directing general animal advocates to that cause, identifying especially good opportunities within that cause, and advising donors and organizations working within farm animal advocacy.

The trade or keeping of wild or exotic animals as pets causes suffering and death through capture, transport, abandonment and improper care.

Leptospirosis is an infectious disease caused by a bacteria spread in the urine of wild animals.

Keep your pet leashed or indoors to prevent contact with wild animals which can cause serious diseases.

They will also avoid serious injuries caused by other animals (both wild and domestic) or by vehicles!

Packs of feral (domestic animals returned to a «wild» existence) cause damage to property, people, and livestock and spread diseases such as rabies.

In wild meat - eating animals, canine distemper can cause abnormal behavior and lack of fear that is suggestive of rabies.

a person who is trained to give medical care and treatment to animals; an animal doctor; a person qualified and authorized to practice veterinary medicine; a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a health professional who specializes in the causes and treatment of diseases and disorders of domestic and wild animals; a person who holds an academic degree in veterinary medicine; a licensed practitioner of veterinary medicine; a doctor of veterinary medicine.

These are considered «accidental» infestations as they are caused by cuterebra that target wild animals for their hosts.

Feral and wild roaming cats are an increasing epidemic in the U.S.. For domesticated cats, shelters and rescues are often inundated due to a lack of education regarding spaying and neutering Each of these scenarios causes resources to be stretched thin with the cats becoming victims of an ever - increasing supply of abandoned animals.

We all need to remember that our dog isn't like a wild animal and he needs our help to get rid of the bacteria that causes bad breath and other problems.

Fleas will not only make you and especially your furry family member miserable, but they can also be the cause of tapeworm (when the flea is ingested), flea - borne typhus (carried by feral cats and wild animals that may frequent your yard), cat flea rickettsiosis, and flea allergic dermatitis.

Andrew Burbidge: Yes, I think that having a transmissible virus as the vector for immuno - contraception or whatever other technique's available is not really a viable option because the feral cat has been bred from the wild cat of Africa, Europe and Asia, and if that transmissible disease, that virus escaped Australia or was taken out purposely by someone who, you know, wanted to cause problems in another country, then we would have actually have developed a technique for eradicating native animals in other people's countries, and I just think that's not on.

It will probably therefore behave like a wild animal and handling or confinement will cause acute fear.

16 USC 1333 (b)(2)(iv)(B) Federal regulations define humane treatment as «handling compatible with animal husbandry practices accepted in the veterinary community, without causing unnecessary stress or suffering to a wild horse or burro.»

The regulations state that» [i] nhumane treatment means any intentional or negligent action or failure to act that causes stress, injury, or undue suffering to a wild horse or burro and is not compatible with animal husbandry practices accepted in the veterinary community.

The cause is unknown, but the EEG brain wave pattern resembles that of a wild animal.

Canine Parvovirus is a fast - moving, serious disease that is caused by a virus that attacks the gastrointestinal tract of puppies, adult dogs and other wild animals such as foxes and wolves.

Companion bills SB 3606 and HR 4864 were ostensibly designed to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife, thereby preventing the introduction and establishment of non-native wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites that are likely to cause harm in the United States.

Neither virus causes fatalities in healthy people, but there are several other arboviral infections (various encephalitis viruses, yellow fever, west Nile fever and Rift Valley fever) carried by the insect as well as a dog roundworm that also infects wild animals and cats.

And overzealous collectors have caused the population to decline by over-collection of specimens for science as well as for the illegal wild animal trade.

Rhinos Nearing Extinction After 50 Years of Poaching Rhino poaching, often practiced to remove the animal's horn, has helped cause an extraordinary decline in populations throughout Africa and Asia — for example, there is thought to be about 130 Javan rhinos and only 300 Sumatran rhinos left in the wild.

In Massachusetts, the owners and keepers of wild animals, or domesticated animals such as dogs, are held strictly liable for bites and other injuries caused by their pets.

Driving can put your vehicle in the path of a wild animal, which can cause significant vehicle damage, injury, or in rare cases, a human fatality.

Animal control officers respond to disturbances caused in public by wild animals or stray pets as well as rescue animals in distress by punishing offenders under the terms of law.