Can field mice carry diseases?
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They sure can! Like the dreaded Hantavirus!! \nIt is prevalent in the four corners region of they United States. \n\nBubonic plague can be carried by the fleas mice have, so try to avoid contact with them altogether. \n\nhere are some tips to avoid the plague and the hantavirus - \n    *  Do not pick up or touch dead animals.\n    * If plague has recently been found in your area, report any observations of sick or dead animals to the local health department or law enforcement officials.\n    * Make your home rodent-proof. Eliminate sources of food and nesting places for rodents around homes, work places, and recreation areas; remove brush, rock piles, junk, cluttered firewood, and potential food supplies, such as pet and wild animal food.\n    * If you anticipate being exposed to rodent fleas, apply insect repellents to clothing and skin, according to label instructions, to prevent flea bites. Wear gloves when handling potentially infected animals.\n    * If you live in areas where rodent plague occurs, treat pet dogs and cats for flea control regularly and do not allow these animals to roam freely.\n    * Treat rodent sites around your home with flea powder or a suitable insecticide.\n    * Health authorities may use appropriate chemicals to kill fleas at selected sites during animal plague outbreaks.\n    * Take your pet to a veterinarian if it becomes ill with a high fever and/or an abscess (open sore). Pets with plague can transmit the illness to humans.\n    * See a physician if you become ill with a high fever and/or a swollen lymph node. Remember, plague is treatable.
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Pox viruses can be transmitted between species.
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try mad cow disease, or rabies good luck!
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Typhus fever, also called typhus, is a disease that occurs throughout the world in areas where people and rats occupy the same buildings and where large numbers of mice live.  It is also called murine typhus fever and is rare in the U.S.\n\nWho gets typhus?\nAnyone can get typhus but it occurs more often in people whose occupations or living conditions bring them into contact with rats.\n\nHow is this disease spread?\nIt is not directly spread from person to person. People get typhus after infective rat fleas contaminate fresh skin wounds or the flea bite site.\n\nWhere are the organisms that cause typhus found?\nRats, mice and possibly other small mammals harbor the germ that causes disease. Fleas become infected by biting these animals and then may pass the disease to humans.
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some can, depends on the species
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YES.  diseases are becoming bigger and badder as we get older.  even if you were imunized as a child, a different strand could be out there and you could get it.  sad but true.  same with chicken pox.
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Hand foot and mouth can be contracted by humans but it is not dangerous to you.  It's usually contracted from farm animals but you can get it from another infected human and you end up getting blisters on the above areas.  Good hygene is all you can do to prevent it.  I got it one summer whilst staying on my cousins farm, blisters only lasted about a week and were only here and there - nothing to really worry about.
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It is called the foot and mouth diseae which attackes cattle like pigs, cows, goats and so on. Looks like livestocks, including chickens that spread the bird flu are not to be taken for the time being. If you worry, take fish only or opt to be a vegeterian instead.Meantime, protection yourself by taking lots fruits becos they contain Vit.C and eating raw garlic or pills form of it.
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Yes I believe it is called the hantavirus. Here is more info from the center for disease control\n\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hanta/hps/
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All animals can carry bacteria, so this could be possible, but the doctors should be able to detect this.  Best of luck.
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I'm not sure but check to see if the goat has chicken pox, she might have got it from him. Goats are known carriers of the pox. lol
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Hand-foot-and-mouth disease \n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHand-foot-and-mouth disease is a mild illness caused by a virus. Symptoms of the disease include a sore mouth and small blisters that may occur in the mouth, on the palms of the hands, or on the soles of the feet. Human hand-foot-and-mouth disease is not related to hoof and mouth disease in cattle. \n\nHand-foot-and-mouth disease affects toddlers primarily, but may occur at any age. It appears most often in warm weather, usually in the summer or early fall. It often occurs in small epidemics in nursery schools or day care centers. It is not unusual for more than half of the children in a school or day care center to have the disease at any one time. \n\nThe risk of contracting hand-foot-and-mouth disease can be reduced by frequent handwashing, avoiding exposure to others who have the disease, and not sharing toys during the infection. Most adults are thought to have become immune to hand-foot-and-mouth disease in early childhood. As with most infectious diseases, pregnant women should consult their physician if exposed to hand-foot-and-mouth disease. The person is contagious during the course of the illness for around 7 to 10 days. \n\nSymptoms of hand-foot-and-mouth disease appear 3 to 6 days after exposure and may include: \n\na mild fever of 100 to 102.2 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 to 39 degrees Centigrade) \nloss of appetite \nsore throat \na sore mouth and \na general feeling of weakness or tiredness \nWithin a day or two, small blisters develop. These blisters may range in size from one-eighth to one-quarter of an inch, or no larger than a green pea. A small area of redness surrounds them. The number of fluid-filled blisters may vary from just a few to hundreds on the skin. \n\nHand-foot-and-mouth disease blisters generally appear: \n\nin the mouth \ntop, palm, and between the fingers of the hands \ntop, sides, soles, and between the toes of the feet and \non the buttocks, upper arms, upper legs, or genitals \nBlisters located outside the mouth generally do not cause itching or pain. The disease is usually mild and lasts only a few days to a week. Most blisters disappear without ulcerating or cracking. However, some may form shallow, painful ulcers that look similar to canker sores. If the mouth is sore, avoid eating or drinking citrus and salty or spicy foods.\n\nA normal course of hand-foot-and-mouth disease is usually so mild and complications so rare that a trip to the healthcare provider is not required. It can be confused with chickenpox. \n\nThere is no specific treatment for hand-foot-and-mouth disease. The only medication healthcare providers usually recommend is an over-the-counter aspirin substitute like Tylenol or Panadol. Aspirin or medicines that have aspirin in them should not be given to anyone younger than 18 years of age. Taking aspirin is a risk for a serious illness called Reye's syndrome. Non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) should be taken with food or milk to prevent stomach upset. NSAIDs should not be taken by anyone who has been diagnosed with asthma, ulcer disease, or a bleeding disorder. Taking NSAIDs increases the risk of bleeding with trauma, dental work, surgery, or if taking blood thinners (anticoagulants). Acetaminophen should not be taken by anyone with known liver or kidney disease. Do not drink alcohol when taking more than 1 dose of acetaminophen.
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We have no statistics to back that up.  I doubt that anyone went into the jungle to count any other species dying from the disease.  The really scary part is that it comes in waves, and dies out on its own.
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my bunny had those symptoms, it turns out she had a hariball and later died for it because rodents are unable to spit the hair up.  You should get it checked up my a vet :D G00d Luck
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That which is described above, and then there are parasites. If you have an infant or toddler in the house they can pick up intestinal parasites from playing in the litter box... It happens... \nThey can become ill from being scratched or bitten as there bites harbor bacteria that can and will make someone extremely ill especially the very young old and immune suppressed. They can also become ill by being bitten by fleas that the cats may bring in the house. Other problems that can be transmitted to humans by animals are mange, mites and ringworm. There are know known "diseases" that transmit directly from cat to human like the flu with the exception of rabies, but with the concern over avian flu the possibility though extremely remote does exist. Now with dogs there is a virus called Parvo. Humans can get a variation of the virus though it is not thought to be a direct transmission. Keep children and pregnant women away from litter boxes and keep animals healthy by having regular checkups with the vet, and ensuring there vaccinations are up to date.
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Yes, this is possible.\n\nHOWEVER, there is a mumps outbreak in the US, centered in Iowa but spreading to surrounding states, and pain and swelling in the jaw area is a hallmark of mumps.\n\nMumps is contagious in the same way that the flu is--through coughing or sneezing, or touching contaminated objects.\n\nIf you have other symptoms, like a fever, say, you should see a doctor. (You should probably see a doctor anyway, as an infection like the one you describle is probably painful and unlikely to clear up quickly by itself.)
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Yes they can.\n\nhttp://www.thepigsite.com/diseaseinfo/Default.asp?Display=99