Risk Factor: Animals
Animals:
Animal exposure as a disease risk.
Introduction:
Animals can be carriers of certain types of diseases
that can be transferred to humans.
Animals can also act as a "reservoir" for other diseases
that may be transmitted by mosquitos or other insects "vectors".
See also birds, insects, and mosquitos.
Condition count:
45;
see list of conditions below.
Risk factor subtypes:
dogs (7), cats (9), rodents (10), pigs (8), Veterinarians (11), birds (8)
Related risk factors: birds (8), insects (30)
Risk factors:
Risk Factor Center,
risk factor list
Conditions list:
The following list of conditions
have 'Animals' or similar
listed as a risk factor in our database:
A
Alveolar Hydatid Disease
... foxes, cats, sheep, coyotes, dogsB
Baylisascaris
... raccoonsBrucellosis
... animal contact, cattle, contaminated animals, deer, elk, unpasteurized milk, veterinarians, pigs, contaminated milk, sheep, goats, dogsBubonic plague
... rodents, ratsC
Cat bite
... cats, veterinariansCat scratch disease
... cat scratchCercarial dermatitis
... ducks, muskrats, beavers, swans, birds, geese, snails, gullsCongenital Toxoplasmosis
... cats, cat fecesContagious Diseases
... rodents, animals, birdsCryptococcosis
... bird droppingsCutaneous Anthrax
... contaminated animal products, animal hair processing, veterinarians, contact with livestock, products from livestock, animal handlersCysticercosis
... eating pork, undercooked porkD
Diseases contagious from animals
... animal exposure, cats, pigs, veterinarians, birds, animals, dogsDiseases contagious from birds
... parrots, birdsDiseases contagious from cats
... catsDiseases contagious from dogs
... dogsDiseases contagious from pigs
... pigs, porkDiseases contagious from rodents
... rodents, mice, ratsF
Filovirus
... primatesG
Glanders
... Veterinarians, donkeys, horsesH
Hantavirus
... rodents, mice, ratsHendra Virus
... horsesL
Lassa fever
... rodentsLeptospirosis
... animal exposure, veterinarians, veterinarians, animal caretakersListeriosis
... vetsLymphocytic Choriomeningitis
... rodents, mice, hamstersLyssavirus
... bat biteM
Marburg virus
... animal laboratory workers, animal quarantine facility workers, primatesN
Neurocysticercosis
... eating pork, undercooked porkO
Orf
... sheep, goatsP
Plague
... rodents, ratsPneumonic plague
... rodents, ratsPsittacosis
... bird exposure, turkeys, ducks, parrots, macaws, pigeons, poultry, veterinarians, feathers, parakeets, bird droppings, cockatiels, lovebirds, canaries, budgerigarsPulmonary Anthrax
... contaminated animal products, animal hair processing, veterinarians, contact with livestock, products from livestock, animal handlersQ
Q fever
... cattle, infected animal milk, unpasteurized milk, veterinarians, sheep, infected animal urine, goats, some mammals, infected animal placenta, some birds, infected animal droppings, infected animal tissuesR
Rabies
... skunk bite, dog bite, raccoon bite, cat bite, bat bite, fox bite, wild animal bite, animal bite, animal saliva, wolvesRift Valley Fever
... veterinariansRocky Mountain spotted fever
... dogsRodent-borne disease
... rodents, mice, ratsS
Salmonella food poisoning
... poultry, pigs, milkT
Tapeworms
... undercooked porkToxocariasis
... cats, cat feces, dogsToxoplasmosis
... cats, cat feces, soil containing cat fecesTrichinosis
... undercooked pork, pigs, some mammals, rats, pig farming areasTuberculosis
... contaminated milk
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