Sentences with phrase «zoonotic agents»
Spain, C.V., Scarlett, J.M., Wade, S. McDonough, P. Prevalence of enteric zoonotic agents in cats less than 1 year of age in Central New York State.
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The risk that cat fleas pose to humans is also consequential, since these tiny insects can harbor such zoonotic agents as those that cause such human diseases as cat - scratch disease (Bartonella henselae), murine typhus, and plague.
A 2011 report by the CDC stated while sleeping with healthy pets usually didn't present a problem, zoonotic agents could be passed from pets to humans by letting a pet lick you, sleep with you, or if you kissed it near the mouth.
Zoonotic agents are things that can transmit disease from animals to humans, whether viruses, parasites, or insects.
Transmission of diseases A study published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that sharing a bed with a pet can result in the transmission of zoonotic agents that can cause serious infections.
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Other possible job hazards include exposure to corrosive chemicals and cleaning agents, exposure to feral and vicious animals, to animals with an unknown health history and therefore, exposure to zoonotic diseases through the use of hypodermic needles, animal bites and scratches, airborne transmission, and physical contact.
«Domestic cats are a potential source of numerous infectious disease agents,» write Rick Gerhold and David Jessup, in their paper, «Zoonotic Diseases Associated with Free - Roaming Cats,» published online in July by the journal Zoonoses Public Health (and to be included in an upcoming print edition).
and is an important infectious agent to consider in all suspected cases because of its zoonotic potential.
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 food safety issues covered include: agents of food - borne disease with specific consideration of zoonotic diseases, mycotoxin contamination, biotoxins in fishery products and environmental contaminants with significance to the food chain.