Non human and environmental reservoirs
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How are non-human animals related to pathogens?
Non-human animals act as sources for many pathogens,
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What are non-human animal reservoirs?
Poultry for Campylobacter and Salmonella; raccoons, skunks, bats for rabies; rodents like deer mice for hantavirus.
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What are zoonotic diseases?
Diseases like plague and rabies, primarily in animals but transmissible to humans, causing more severe effects in human due to accidental infection
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Which pathogens have environmental reservoirs?
Clostridium botulinum (botulism) and Clostridium tetani (tetanus), widespread in soils, hard to eliminate.
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