Articles related to "Zoonotic Disease"

A zoonotic disease can be passed from an animal to a person. Find out how to protect yourself and your family against these diseases and still be able to keep your pet.

Thinking of giving someone a pet for Christmas? Most people don't consider their pets a health risk, but 75% of new human diseases can be traced to animals.

Most diseases that affect cats can't be transmitted to humans, but there are a few that people can contract from cats and other animals.

Placed side by side, the visual differences between a rugby ball and a football are obvious .The rugby ball hasn't always had distinctive 'torpedo' design in use today.

Animal hoarding is a mental illness which results in animal cruelty and abuse. Unfortunately, the hoarder is often unable to see the neglect being inflicted on their pets

Rabies is a fatal viral disease which infects dogs, cats and many other types of animals. Rabies is also contagious to people. Vaccination helps prevent rabies in pets.

A recent discovery by the US Centers for Disease Control reveals that household pets are susceptible to the swine flu. Can owners catch H1N1 from their infected pets?

Scrapies is a degenerative, fatal disease that can affect sheep and goats and can even be passed to humans as Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease - a relative of Mad-Cow Disease.

Dogs and cats can be victims to several different intestinal parasites or worms, but roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and tapeworms are the most common.

Scabies, or sarcoptic mange, is a parasitic disease which may affect both dogs and people and which causes extreme itchiness and hair loss resulting in a skin rash.

Studies and ecological footprint statistics indicate that cats are more eco-friendly overall, but both cats and dogs have a significant impact on the environment.