However, humans don't catch ticks from cats but are more likely to be preyed upon by a hungry tick waiting in the environment, which leaps onto a passing human in search of a meal of blood. Ticks can transmit diseases such as Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Feline round...
Healthy dogs and cats may be transmitting multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) to their hospitalized owners, while humans could also be passing these microbes to their pets, according to research that will be presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases....
as well as through contact with contaminated objects or surfaces. Pets, including dogs, cats, cows, goats, pigs, and horses, can carry and transmit ringworm to humans. Prompt diagnosis and treatment by
Cats and dogs can’t give it to you directly, but they may carry deer ticks infected with the bacteria. Pills, topical meds and collars won't keep ticks away but should kill them once they come into contact. It isn’t always easy to know if you have been infected with Lyme disease,...
While this is not an exhaustive list, it will include some medical afflictions that can spread from an affected cat to a dog. Some of these illnesses can even spread to people, termed zoonotic diseases, so understanding your cat’s illness to keep other cats, your dog, or even humans saf...
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but they may still be able to transmit it to you. Although they may not always show symptoms, sometimes cats may have some skin or respiratory issues when infected. In humans, MRSA is similar in that symptoms don’t usually develop. However, the most common sign of MRSA is skin infection...
Fleas survive by taking blood meals from susceptible animals, such as dogs or cats. One flea can lay as many as fifty eggs per day so it’s easy to see how they can quickly become a serious concern. Fleas transmit a surprising number of diseases to animals and humans through their bites...
Humans, infected with leptospirosis by wild ordomestic animals—including rats, racoons, pigs, cats and dogs—can be asymptomatic or experience fevers, meningitis, multiorgan failure and death. The zoonoticdisease(pathogens that normally infect animals but can be transmitted to humans) is most common...
Hookworm—this time found in dog feces—is another infectious agent to be wary of, so always wash your hands after picking up after your dog. Then there's the danger of getting bitten or scratched by a dog, cat or other pet. Cats, especially, can transmit a dangerous organism called Pas...