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is there a difference between the diseases affecting human

Sent to Pet Experts August 16 2008 at 1:26 AM
   

is there a difference between the diseases affecting human beings,pet animals,farm animals & wild animals. I know that viral,bacterial parsitical infections are common to all though the infecting organism may be species specific.I am interested to know if for example there is evidence that human-animal contact eg overfeeding is a factor in many cases

 

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August 16 2008 at 2:51 PM (42 minutes and 17 seconds later)
         
I know that obesity contributes to ill health in pets and people & I assume that the obesity in the pet is related to everfeeding/wrong feeding by the owner.Also certain behavior problems result from faulty owner/pet relationship.I am especially interested to know what illnesses wild or zoo animals may have when they are largely free of human influence/control.
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August 16 2008 at 3:05 PM (14 minutes and 44 seconds later)
         
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Those illnesses are as wide ranging as the species you choose to look at.

Typically all will have internal and external parasites.

Canine types in the US may have parvo, distemper, rabies, heartworm etc and also skeletal issues such as hip dysplasia. Animals with bad structure or birth defects typically do not make it long with the herbivores becoming prey at a young age and the carnivores not being able to compete for food.

Other animals susceptible to distemper (for one example of a viral disease) include racoons, skunks, weasels. Feline diseases can be seen in feral cats and in wild types of cats.

Around here deer can suffer from brain worm and we see die offs of predators from rabies or distemper.

Right now leptospirosis is locally an issue and seems to have reduced the rodent population in a time when carnivores have already been killed by rabies so you'd expect the rodents to be booming.

You may have read about the bats dying in the US of some sort of contagious fungal disease.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--batdie-off0719jul19,0,4160026.story

Wild animals are not particularly healthier than tame ones its just the wild ones that are not healthy end up as someone's lunch.

Hope this helps you!




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