Parasites

your dog and preventing further attacks. Many allergies that dogs suffer from are caused by insects such as fleas and ticks, or by parasites. When you bring your dog home from a breeder or from a shelter or pet store, schedule an appointment with a vet as soon as possible. Make sure the dog has all of its shots and that is has been dewormed. This will prevent parasites from causing an allergic reaction in your dog. While you may have to do this more than once during…

away. A reliable serologic test has not been made so prevalence is hard to determine. Most likely genetics, breed or age of the dogs are not a very important factor in obtaining this disease. Dogs that are allowed to hunt are at bigger risk for this parasite. Symptoms won’t start to show until around 4-10 weeks after the dog has ingeted the tick, and the gametocytes can be seen in the blood between 5-10 weeks after…

Where did all the deer go? During deer season, old, and new trucks line up and down the road, most often before sunrise, filling the side ditch like farmers at an auction. Not only has the increase in deer hunters grown, but hunters are allowed to legally take 6 deer statewide. Many people see deer as a nuisance a road hazard or a trophy, none the less, the common, public misconception is that there are too many deer. On the contrary, I believe that there are few deer, and I would go as far to…

Enterobiasis or oxyuriasis is the most common helminthic infection in children of all social strata in the United State. Although it is primarily a parasite of young children, rapid maturation of the egg allows it to be readily transmitted from child to child and from child to adult, in both family and institutional settings (Henry’s Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods 22nd edition). Pinworm infection is caused by Enterobius vermicularis. E vermicularis is a white slender…

foodborne illnesses. Norovirus causes the inflammation of the stomach and intestines and Hepatitis A causes the inflammation of your liver(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases). Parasites such as worms, cryptosporidium parvum, and Giardia intestinalis, are common parasites that can be in food if not prepared correctly(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases). Contamination can occur if food comes in contact with feces or water that contains…

When thinking about the Mayan civilization in the common mind, anemia is most likely not even a thought associated with the Maya. Instead, one may think of the architecture, culture, and reputation. In a 2011 article published by Katie Whitaker for the University of Ontario Journal of Anthropology, she explains the correlation between the Maya population and the evidence of anemia that was often overlooked since it was not a life-threatening disease such as the more common diseases like syphilis…

disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi that does not have a specific classification into NIH NIAID Emerging Infectious Diseases/Pathogens list (NIH (2015)). Originally this infection was transmitted by Reduviid insects to small mammals and humans during their sleep as reported by Bermudez (2015). While the feeding process the contaminated insect also defecates inside the bite site and deposits the infecting agent. However, the protozoan parasite enters the host during…

population of the Greenland shark is low it is not yet known if it yet a endangered species. Most greenland shark and actually as blind as a bat because there are parasites living in the eyes called ommatokoita which are permanently attached to the edges of there eyes. These parasites are usually about 30mm long, although these parasites make them blind it also helps the Greenland shark by acting as if they are fish hooks so they draw in fish close enough so it's easy for the shark to catch…

the sores. Some researchers from the center for disease control (CDC) believed that these signs and symptoms are similar to a type of mental illness called delusional parasitosis. Delusional parasitosis involves false beliefs about infestation by parasites, but after samples of the skin, blood, urine, and hair were studied the CDC believes that Morgellons Disease is an unexplained dermopathy. Morgellons Disease is more common in middle-aged white women. A recent review was conducted in London…

went to the Thompson Lake Park and majority drank fountain water from the park, the testing of water sample was done. The result showed the fountain near the beach at the Thompson Lake Park to be the source for outbreak as it was tested positive for parasite Cryptosporidium. Outbreak Symptoms, Population Affected and Time Sequence…