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
Animals: Diseases list
The following list of medical conditions
have 'Animals' or similar
listed as a risk factor in our database:
A
B
- Baylisascaris
... raccoons
- Brucellosis
... deer, unpasteurized milk, animal contact, veterinarians, sheep, contaminated milk, elk, pigs, dogs, cattle, goats, contaminated animals
- Bubonic plague
... rats, rodents
C
- Cat bite
... veterinarians, cats
- Cat scratch disease
... cat scratch
- Cercarial dermatitis
... ducks, beavers, birds, snails, muskrats, swans, geese, gulls
- Congenital Toxoplasmosis
... cat feces, cats
- Contagious Diseases
... birds, animals, rodents
- Cryptococcosis
... bird droppings
- Cutaneous Anthrax
... veterinarians, contaminated animal products, products from livestock, contact with livestock, animal handlers, animal hair processing
- Cysticercosis
... eating pork, undercooked pork
D
- Diseases contagious from animals
... veterinarians, birds, animals, animal exposure, pigs, dogs, cats
- Diseases contagious from birds
... parrots, birds
- Diseases contagious from cats
... cats
- Diseases contagious from dogs
... dogs
- Diseases contagious from pigs
... pork, pigs
- Diseases contagious from rodents
... mice, rats, rodents
F
G
- Glanders
... Veterinarians, donkeys, horses
H
L
M
- Marburg virus
... primates, animal quarantine facility workers, animal laboratory workers
N
O
P
- Plague
... rats, rodents
- Pneumonic plague
... rats, rodents
- Psittacosis
... parrots, ducks, canaries, budgerigars, veterinarians, bird droppings, poultry, bird exposure, turkeys, feathers, lovebirds, cockatiels, pigeons, macaws, parakeets
- Pulmonary Anthrax
... veterinarians, contaminated animal products, products from livestock, contact with livestock, animal handlers, animal hair processing
Q
- Q fever
... infected animal milk, infected animal urine, unpasteurized milk, infected animal tissues, veterinarians, sheep, infected animal placenta, infected animal droppings, some mammals, some birds, cattle, goats
R
- Rabies
... animal bite, raccoon bite, skunk bite, dog bite, cat bite, wolves, bat bite, wild animal bite, animal saliva, fox bite
- Rift Valley Fever
... veterinarians
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
... dogs
- Rodent-borne disease
... mice, rats, rodents
S
T
More Risk Factor Topics
age ... see Aging
age group 15-24 ... type of Teens
age over 65 ... type of Aging
age under 1 year ... type of Infants
age under 5 years ... type of Infants
Aging
agriculture ... type of Occupation/hobby
AIDS ... see HIV-AIDS
air pollutants ... type of Environment
Airborne droplet ... type of Contagion
Airborne droplet transmission ... type of Contagion
airway abnormality ... type of Abnormality
Alaska Natives ... type of Race
Alcohol
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