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Atlas Encyclopedia Dictionary Thesaurus Day in History | Share Health and Science > Environment and Nature > Nature Disease-Carrying Animals Animals can carry diseases that are harmful to people. Here is a list of animals and the diseases they may carry. Photographed by Ernie Frank, the TAMU Department of Agricultural Communications Tick IMSI Master Clips Mosquito Disease Symptoms Carrier Bubonic plague Painful swelling, high fever, body aches Rat, flea Elephantiasis Rough, thickened skin, body swelling Worms Lyme disease Rash, fatigue, muscle and joint pain Deer tick Malaria Chills, weakness, fever, excessive perspiration Mosquito Plague typhus Fever, skin rashes Flea, lice, chipmunk, prairie dog, squirrel Rabies Headaches, muscle spasms, convulsions Woodchuck, bat, raccoons Rocky Mountain spotted fever Chills, fever, rash, leg pain Wood tick Sleeping sickness Attacks nervous system; results in prolonged sleep Tsetse fly Trichinosis Vomiting, fever, pain, face swelling Worms in pigs Home World U.S. Homework Help People History & Gov't Science & Health Calendar & Holiday Disease-Carrying Animals | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0768610.html 1 of 2 Wednesday 10 December 2014 01:56 PM

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Different diseases along with their majod symptoms and carriers

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Disease-Carrying Animals

Animals can carry diseases that are harmful to people. Here is a list of animals and the diseases they may carry.

Photographed by Ernie Frank, the TAMU Department of Agricultural CommunicationsTick

IMSI Master ClipsMosquito

Disease Symptoms Carrier

Bubonic plague Painful swelling, high fever, body aches Rat, flea

Elephantiasis Rough, thickened skin, body swelling Worms

Lyme disease Rash, fatigue, muscle and joint pain Deer tick

Malaria Chills, weakness, fever, excessive perspiration Mosquito

Plague typhus Fever, skin rashes Flea, lice, chipmunk, prairie dog, squirrel

Rabies Headaches, muscle spasms, convulsions Woodchuck, bat, raccoons

Rocky Mountainspotted fever

Chills, fever, rash, leg pain Wood tick

Sleeping sicknessAttacks nervous system; results in prolongedsleep

Tsetse fly

Trichinosis Vomiting, fever, pain, face swelling Worms in pigs

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