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disease Agent Animals Mode of Clinical signs in Action/ prevention
involved transmission humans & notes
to humans
Pork Taenia solium Pig/human Consumption of Tapeworm As above. Always
tapeworm* life cycle. cysts in infected segments in cook pork well.
meat. faeces, there The human is the
may be cysts in definitive host so
tissues including control should focus
the brain (i.e. on human hygiene
humans can also and behaviour.
act as an accidental
secondary host).
NEMATODES
Trichinosis* Trichinella spiralis Pigs and wild Ingestion of Myositis, Do not feed
boar, horses, infected meat fever, general uncooked wastes
bears, other (pork, game anaphylactic to pigs, official meat
carnivores, including reaction, death. inspection, cook meat
rodents. some marine well (note that drying
mammals). and smoking does not
kill Trichinella).
Cutaneous LM* Canine hookworm, Dogs. Percutaneous Skin lesions, Hygiene, do not let
Ancylostoma sp. infection of itching especially children play where
hookworm of feet. dogs defecate/wear
larvae. shoes on beaches,
ensure routine
worming of puppies
and adult dogs.
Visceral LM* Toxocara canis Dogs Ingestion of Myositis, Hygiene, do not let
especially infective stage non-specific, children play where
puppies. in dog faeces. neurological signs, dogs defecate,
blindness (rare). ensure routine
worming of puppies
and adult dogs.
ARTHROPODS
Fleas, Mites, Various arthropod Many animal General Skin lesions, General hygiene,
Ticks, Lice species hosts, some nuisance secondary various powders and
human but many infections, itching/ sprays to control
adapted also transmit self trauma. arthropods on
species (e.g diseases. humans, animals and
Sarcoptic the environment are
mange). available. See Chapter
3 (entomology) for
specific arthropods
and Tables 14.1 and
14.2 for a list of some
important vector
borne diseases.

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