Wild animals can carry diseases such as rabies, Lyme disease, hantavirus, leptospirosis, and histoplasmosis. Some of these can be severe or even deadly if untreated.

INTRODUCTION Histoplasmosis is an infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum that affects humans and several other animal species 18, 20. The organism grows profusely in soil that is rich in the ...

An analysis of mpox virus genomes from individuals infected between 2018 and 2023 has provided insights into how the virus ...

The webinar, 'After the Lab: Legal Solutions to the Laboratory Animal Rehoming Problem’, explored ways to help researchers ...

Transmission of diseases to triggering allergies and carrying parasites, here's why asking kabutars or pigeons to 'ja ja' is ...

The manure of farmyard animals such as pigs is a major source of antibiotic-resistance genes, which can pose a risk to human ...

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

Justin Smith of the Kansas Department of Agriculture talks about the New World Screwworm parasite and its northward expansion ...

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