Jumat, 05 Oktober 2012
9 Animal Disease Spread It Risky
Animals for this is known as a source of the spread of disease. Therefore, it is important for you fans of the animals to recognize the threat of the presence of a pet. What is important is to always maintain the health and hygiene routine pet and its cage.
Here is some kind of animal with its potential to be infectious germs and intermediaries. Among these animals, there is a free and wild in nature, there is also a pet. To be sure, if you have pets, make sure to always monitor and check their health regularly to prevent possible infection.
1. Monkey
Some infectious disease experts said the ape or monkey could carry Herpes B virus that can be transmitted through saliva and potentially lethal.
"Herpes B can cause encephalitis, swelling of the brain. Virus is present in saliva and can enter the brain. Fortunately, these cases are quite rare," said Dr. William Schaffner, professor and chairman in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee.
2. Bat
Although rare bats, animals can also cause serious illness. "Bats can cause rabies in humans," said Schaffner.
The rabies virus is more often spread through contact with other infected animals, such as wolves, coyotes, raccoons, dogs and cats as well.
Rabies can affect the central nervous system and can cause confusion, hallucinations, partial paralysis, and difficulty swallowing. If not treated, rabies is usually fatal within a few days after symptoms appear.
3. Wild rabbits
As pets, rabbits do look so cute and adorable. However, rabbits can also be dangerous because it can transmit the disease tularemia. Tularemia is a disease that can cause serious breathing problems. Tularemia is also known as rabbit fever.
Symptoms include sudden fever, chills, joint pain, and weakness. In fact, the infected person can be at risk of developing pneumonia (inflammation of lung organ) and difficulty breathing.
Infectious disease experts from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Dr. Gordon Dickinson, said that people at high risk of this disease are hunters.
4. Bird
Birds can transmit a number of diseases. Among bird flu, a disease that is quite gained international attention in the 1990s.
Bird flu is caused by a virus, H5N1, which can be transmitted through the handling of infected poultry. Since 1997, more than 120 million birds worldwide have died or been culled to prevent the spread of the virus. H5N1 is deadly to humans.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 300 people have died from bird flu since 2003. Common symptoms that can occur are high fever, respiratory complaints, and (possibly) the abdomen. Replication of the virus in the body to run fast so patient requires immediate medical attention.
5. Rat
Hantavirus is a disease transmitted by rats. Hantavirus found in feces, saliva, and urine of rats. Symptoms in people include fever and muscle aches, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting. Symptoms progress to coughing and shortness of breath within 4-5 days after infection. If not promptly treated, the disease can be fatal, the infection of the lungs.
Not only that, rodents can also transmit the disease leptospirosis. Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease caused by Leptospira sp which can cause kidney damage and meningitis. The bacteria can also spread the bacteria salmonella and giardia, which can cause gastrointestinal illness.
6. Reptile
Reptiles are animals that are very dangerous because it is naturally carry salmonella on their skin.
"It's like people who have (staph bacteria) on the skin, reptiles also have bacteria, ie salmonella, on their skin," said Emilio DeBess, a veterinarian.
According DeBess, children are particularly vulnerable to salmonella infection caused by the reptile. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 74,000 U.S. people exposed to the bacteria salmonella from reptiles.
7. Cattle
According to Emilio DeBess, the cow is linked to the spread of the three major diseases, such as salmonella infection, E coli infections, and encephalitis. Strains of bacteria E coli known as O157: H7 is not harmful to animals, but can cause serious illness and even death in humans.
Encephalitis cow, or Mad Cow Disease, is a disease of acute brain inflammation caused by a bacterial infection. If spread to humans, the disease can cause Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease, a degenerative brain disease and can be deadly in humans. DeBess said, it's hard to know how many cases of Creutzfeld-Jakob disease because the incubation period is long enough.
8. Dog
Dogs are man's best friend can also be man's worst enemy when transmitting the disease. Besides causing rabies, dogs can transmit parasites such as hookworm and roundworm.
Even DeBess added, fleas on dogs can carry the bacteria that cause the disease Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, which is fatal if untreated.
9. Cat
Besides causing rabies, cats can also transmit tularemia disease and toxoplasmosis. According DeBess, bacteria and parasites that cause toxoplasmosis and tularemia usually carried by other animals.
Toxoplasmosis can be exposed to when humans come into contact with contaminated cat feces or eating contaminated food and drink. "We always worry things will happen to pregnant women because it can be spread from mother to fetus," he said.
Toxoplasma potentially cause an infection of the baby which can cause miscarriage, infant death in the womb, and disability in infants. Toxoplasmosis can cause severe damage to the brain, eyes, or other organs.
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