However, animals can sometimes carry harmful germs that can spread to people and cause illness – these are known as zoonotic diseases or zoonoses. Zoonotic diseases are caused by harmful germs like viruses, bacterial, parasites, and fungi.
What diseases can humans get from animals?
Zoonotic Diseases:Blastomycosis (Blastomyces dermatitidis) ... Psittacosis (Chlamydophila psittaci, Chlamydia psittaci) ... Trichinosis (Trichinella spiralis)Cat Scratch Disease (Bartonella henselae)Histoplasmosis (Histoplasma capsulatum)Coccidiomycosis (Valley Fever)
How do animals affect the environment?
How Do Animals Help the Environment? Animals play an essential role in maintaining a healthy environment. Among other ways, they help with pollination, pest control, and climate control.
Are animals a threat to humans?
So which animals, truly, pose the greatest threat to humans? Between death tolls or war and various other violence, the simple answer is that humans are the animals which pose the greatest health threat to the global population.
How can we control the harmful effects of animals?
General1Avoid wild or stray animals.2Call local authorities to handle animals.3Secure all food sources and remove any animal carcasses.4Get rid of dead animals, according to guidelines from your local animal control authority, as soon as you can. See Animal Disposal for answers to frequently asked questions.
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