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Where is the disease hydrophobia most prevalent?
If by hydrophobia, you are referring to Rabies Encephalitis, then in suburban areas where humans come in close contact to vectors such as raccoons, feral dogs, bats, foxes, etc.
How do people get hydrophobia?
Hydrophobia is "the fear of water" and there are any number of psychological causes. Hydrophobia is also a name for RABIES, a serious, often fatal viral disease that affects dogs and other mammals including bats and humans. The cause of death is usually encephalitis (swelling of the brain) but an initial symptom is swelling of the tongue, which can block the airway in the throat (hence, fear of drinking water).
What are animals dieses?
Rabies, hydrophobia, parvo, and cancer can affect dogs.Hoof and mouth disease can affect horses. Feline leukemia can affect cats. Mad cow disease can affect cattle. Rabies can affect bats. Fleas can carry the bacteria that infects black rats with the Black Plague.
Can a bat give the white nose syndrome disease to a human?
A special I just watched on PBS says that it is not spread from bats to humans.
Does tetanus have a vector?
Tetanus is a disease which can affect any mammal, and mammals spread the disease to other mammals by biting them; hence the vector is mammals. Dogs, foxes and bats are the most usual mammals to be involved.
Why do humans kill bats?
Humans may kill bats out of fear, misunderstanding, or perceived threats to health and safety. Bats are sometimes mistakenly associated with disease transmission, such as rabies, even though the vast majority of bats do not carry the disease. Conservation efforts are important to educate the public about the crucial role bats play in ecosystems and to protect them from unnecessary harm.
Can bats spread the white nose disease?
yes,they can spread it from bat to bat. +++ That appears to be the primary route for the infection. It has been reported in Germany but with nothing like the mortality of the infection in the US, suggesting either the European bats have some immunity to the fungus. or it's a milder form of the fungus.
Do vampire bats prey on humans?
Yes they might, but even though their bites are painless, they are still deadly. If the animal or human is sick, it can grow weak and even die from blood loss and once an animal or human starts bleeding, the vampire bat uses its tongue to lick the blood from the wound. The greater danger is that vampire bats often spread diseases to their victims. If a vampire bat drinks the blood of an animal or human that has a disease, the bat can then carry the germs of that disease and spread them to other animals it bites. Sometimes the bat itself can become sick as well. Vampire bats have upper incisor teeth shaped like canines. There are three species, found in various areas of Latin America.
Is sometimes bats the complete subject?
Yes, sometimes eg. Bats often live in caves.
According to legend vampire are immune to disease but what disease do many vamire bats carry?
RABIES
Do bats bring litter into their bat houses?
Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.Hello Kitty
Are bats bad?
No - there are several species of bats that will prey on humans, including the vampire bats (yes that's a real species) in South America. Also, while bats will generally not target you in an attack, if they are diseased they may attack you due to their illness. Bats can be infected with rabies, which is the first disease you should think of if you are bitten by one. Also, fruit bats can spread several viruses, including Hendra virus.
