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The following are lists of animal diseases: This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2021) List of aquarium diseases;
The disease spreads from one animal to another by contact with infected feces or ingestion of infected tissue. Diarrhea, which may become bloody in severe cases, is the primary symptom. Most animals infected with coccidia are asymptomatic, but young or immunocompromised animals may suffer severe symptoms and death.
The most common causative agent is C. chauvoei, but the disease can also be caused by C. septicum, C. sordelli, and C. novyi. [4] [5] C. chauvoei is Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, and motile, and can produce environmentally persistent spores when conditions are not ideal for growth.
Babesia is a protozoan parasite found to infect vertebrate animals, mostly livestock mammals and birds, but also occasionally humans. Common names of the disease that B. microti causes are Texas cattle fever, redwater fever, tick fever, and Nantucket fever. [7] The disease it causes in humans, babesiosis, is also called piroplasmosis. [9]
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The most common and prominent symptom is chronic diarrhoea, which can occur for weeks or months if untreated. [10] [11] Diarrhoea is often greasy and foul-smelling, with a tendency to float. [10] [4] This characteristic diarrhoea is often accompanied by several other symptoms, including gas, abdominal cramps, and nausea or vomiting.
The most common symptom is a painful, slowly growing nodule in the subcutaneous tissues, which may migrate. Infection in the eye area can cause pain, irritation, edema, and excess watering. When the orbital tissues become infected, the swelling can cause blindness.
Many people who are infected with this parasite show no signs of being infected. Sometimes the infection can be observed; the most common symptoms include diarrhea, stomach pains, loss of appetite, nausea, and fatigue. [11] Trichomonas vaginalis is a sexually transmitted disease. Men who are infected rarely show any symptoms (asymptomatic).