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Tapeworms can often spread to humans when people eat the infected meat of cattle, and swine. Other diseases are transferred by insect vectors, often blood-feeding insects that carry the cause of the disease.

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How did wild animals get rabies?

They usually get it from another infected animal. When they are either bitten are scratched. It's definitely a scary situation. If you have a pet you should get them vaccinated and if you are ever confronted by a animal that possibly may have rabies run! Because they are definitely coming after you.


What causes distemper in cattle?

Distemper in cattle is caused by a virus. The virus is usually spread from animal to animal, the virus can originate in other animals and spread to cattle.


What type of infection is spread through an animal insect or other third party organism?

A bacterial infection that can be spread through lice is called bartonellosis or Trench fever. Animals, specifically cats, can spread an infection called toxoplasmosis. The common types of infection that animals and insects pass on to humans include dengue fever, malaria, and Lyme disease.


When would you need to quarantine an animal?

When The Animal Is Going To Be About To Die, Or When It Is Going To Be Eaton By Another Animal.Generally, an animal is quarantined if it bites a person or other animal & breaks the skin (makes it bleed). The local humane society can either put the animal in quarantine at the shelter itself or on an in-home quarantine.This is only done to verify that the biter does not have rabies or another infectious disease.The only other times an animal is put in quarantine is if you are traveling to another country, if the animal is vicious to people, or if the animal may have a disease that other animals/people can contract.


What is an animal that is carrying a disease called?

It is called a vector

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What is vector spread disease and the examples?

A disease which is carried and spread by an agent (animal or microorganism) is a vector spread disease. Eg. Mosquitoes are the vectors for malaria.


How does Blue tongue disease spread?

Bluetongue is an Orbivirus which is spread by Culicoides species (biting midges) from animal to animal.


Why were rotten animal thrown at the castle in sieges?

To spread disease amongst the defenders inside.


What animal causes plague?

It was a bacterium that caused it, but rats and fleas between them were the vector which spread the disease.


What is a contagion?

A contagion is either a disease spread by contact, the spread of such a disease, or the spread of anything harmful, as if it were a disease.


What is atharax?

Not sure if you mean Atarax- a tranquilizing drug- or Anthrax- an animal disease that can spread to humans by spores.


What is rinderpest disease?

A deadly disease the spread through Africa and Asia. This disease infected cattle and antelope. It would make it so that that animal would not eat, and just starve to death.


What ways to prevent the spread of disease coming from harmful animal?

radiation, ultrasound,ozone,salt,gold, silver


How does you get typhus fever?

Typhus is a disease caused by bacteria carried by some ticks and lice. They are spread by them biting an animal.


What doctor studies the spread of disease?

An Epidemiologist studies the spread of disease.


What animal spreads lyme disease?

Mainly Ticks


What are causes of Tyzzer's disease?

Tyzzer's disease is a contagious bacterial disease caused by Clostridium piliforme. This type of bacteria lives in the intestine of infected small mammals and is spread from animal to animal through food and water contamination with feces. Tyzzer's disease can be prevented by separating healthy animals from infected individuals.