is there any relation between pigeons stray animals and human health
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Both, domestic and feral pigeons may be carriers of hazardous agents for man and animals. Ectoparasites of pigeons can trouble humans. Feces of pigeons can serve as substrate for the agent of cryptococcosis of man and animals. The occurrence of avian tuberculosis, campylobacter infections, pseudotuberculosis and pasteurellosis in pigeons seems to be of less significance. Salmonella infections of man and animals are less likely attributable to pigeons as the source of infection. The agent of ornithosis may be distributed by pigeons, but humans are predominantly infected by psittacines. The role of doves in the epidemiology of German measles is not clear, but there is little evidence that they are involved in other harmful virus infections in Europe. A possible risk for the health of man can not be excluded if rooms are located directly in contact with dovecotes or garrets colonized with wild doves. An increased risk can be supposed for pigeon breeders and persons feeding feral doves.
Pigeons and stray animals are a major hazard
to human health. While pigeons often carry dangerous bacteria and virus in
their excreta, stray animals pose the danger of transmission of tics, fleas and
diseases.
Generally, the excreta of a pigeon
contains over a million bacteria that are not harmful to the pigeon’s
intestinal tract, but are extremely deadly to human beings.
Similarly, stray animals carry the
risk of infection through their bite or the risk of transmission of small
insects from their fur and skin on to humans. The most notorious instance of
stray animals creating a major epidemic was the Black Plague, also known as the
Bubonic Plague. While rats were the initial vectors, they passed it on to
several other animals, which further transmitted it on to humans.
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