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Yes, they can for example Bubonic Plague carried by rats can be spread by fleas taking blood from the rat then hopping onto another animal or person thereby infecting them. A direct bite can do the same thing.
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Why the Cockroaches Rats and Flies are dangerous to man?
They are harmful and spread diseases to other people.
Why the cockroaches Rats and-Flies are dangerous to man?
They are harmful and spread diseases to other people.
What diseases did trench rats have?
they spread the plague, again.
Diseases rats carry?
They carry many diseases such as rabies and many other although rat poison (made by human) is poisonous to all animals
Guinea pig has leptospirosis?
Guinea Pigs do not spread diseases as Rats do.
Do rats feed on bigger animals?
If rats can't find plant items to feed on, yes rats will feed on garbage or even animals. However, the animals that rats feed on would already be dead. Rats are scavengers; this is also why rats carry so many diseases. Only when rats can find no other food sources will they turn to something living.
How did the Black Death get spread?
In medieval times people were not hygienic and any diseases spread quite quickly throughout the village. Also rats in the sewers carried many diseases and because the sewers were open they could crawl out and pass the diseases to other villagers.
What two animals were reasponsible for the spread of the Black Death?
Rats and fleas
What have rats got to do with the plague?
Rats started of with the germs and diseases all over the world. Then flies bit them, carrying the rats diseases with them. They then bit other people giving them the diseases. Hope that answered your question! lol
What causes typhus?
While typhus diseases are commonly spread by the lice and ticks of rats, Epidemic typhus is spread by the human body louse.
What causes epidemic typhus?
While typhus diseases are commonly spread by the lice and ticks of rats, Epidemic typhus is spread by the human body louse.
Why cockroach rats and flies are dangerous to man?
Cockroaches are harmful because they spread diseases.They also multiply quicky which means the diseases would spread faster. Rats are harmful because they spread diseases. Flies are harmful because they spread diseases and they have "sticky pads" on their legs, so when they land on junk and fly to your food later on, the bacteria on the "sticky pads" would spread to your food.It is also harmful because sometimes they vomit their stomach's contents onto your food.
