Sentences with phrase «zoonotic disease caused»

There are currently more than 200 zoonotic diseases caused by viruses, parasites, bacteria, and fungi that are directly or indirectly transferred by animals to humans.

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These zoonotic viruses cause significant loss in life, create panic and disrupt the economics of an entire region,» said Dr. Peter Daszak, Disease Ecologist and President of EcoHealth Alliance.
Yet, hunting in particular may continue to cause increases in zoonotic disease risk because of the selective nature of losses following hunting.
Caused by intracellular Gram - negative bacteria Brucella spp., brucellosis is the most common bacterial zoonotic disease.
Our wet - lab research is focused on the study of Brucella, a facultative intracellular bacterium that causes brucellosis, one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the world in humans and a variety of animal species.
This is the first severe duck disease caused by a zoonotic flavivirus ever reported.
A zoonotic disease is a disease that can be passed between animals and humans and can be caused by viruses, parasites or bacteria.
As well as the discomfort they cause your cat, they can also carry zoonotic diseases that can be transmitted to humans.
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.
Bartonella is a zoonotic infectious disease of worldwide distribution, caused by an expanding number or recently discovered Bartonella species.
The management and control of diseases in our household pets that are caused by gastrointestinal parasites have become especially important because of the increasing public awareness of the potential zoonotic implications for humans.
The most common tapeworm found here is not zoonotic, but there is growing concern regarding Echinococcus multilocularis, whose range is spreading, and causes alveolar hydatid disease, which can be fatal.
Leptospirosis Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease that is caused by the presence of bacteria.
A zoonotic disease is one caused by germs that can spread between animals and humans.
→ Intestinal parasites are potentially zoonotic, which means they may also cause disease in humans if exposed.
Rabies is a viral zoonotic disease that causes acute inflammation of the brain.
Zoonotic diseases, which are caused by infectious organisms spreading among species (animals to humans and vice versa), are a continual source of intrigue for me as a practicing veterinarian.
Tularemia is a zoonotic bacterial disease caused by a bacterium in the Francisella Tularemia family.
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and The Meowing Vet wants to inform pet owners about the risk of Leptospirosis in unvaccinated dogs and how this zoonotic disease can cause kidney failure and liver disease in humans as well.
This a common name for Bartonella Henselae bacteria that causes Bartonellosis which is a zoonotic disease that people can get from direct contact with a dirty litter box or from cat bites or scratches.
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.
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