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Wombat burrow and scat, Narawntapu National Park, Tasmania. Wombats have an extraordinarily slow metabolism, taking around 8 to 14 days to complete digestion, which aids their survival in arid conditions. [22] They generally move slowly. [31] Wombats defend home territories centred on their burrows, and they react aggressively to intruders.
This is a list of infectious diseases arranged by name, along with the infectious agents that cause them, the vaccines that can prevent or cure them when they exist and their current status. Some on the list are vaccine-preventable diseases .
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease: PrP vCJD: cattle eating meat from animals with Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) 1996–2001: United Kingdom. Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever orthonairovirus: cattle, goats, sheep, birds, hares tick bite (Hyalomma spp.), human-to-human contact via bodily fluids Cryptococcosis
List of childhood diseases and disorders; List of endocrine diseases; List of eponymous diseases; List of eye diseases and disorders; List of intestinal diseases; List of infectious diseases; List of human disease case fatality rates; List of notifiable diseases – diseases that should be reported to public health services, e.g., hospitals ...
Main article: Human parasite Endoparasites Protozoan organisms Common name of organism or disease Latin name (sorted) Body parts affected Diagnostic specimen Prevalence Source/Transmission (Reservoir/Vector) Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and Acanthamoeba keratitis (eye infection) Acanthamoeba spp. eye, brain, skin culture worldwide contact lenses cleaned with contaminated tap water ...
Scientists have discovered that wombats, platypi and other Australian mammals glow in the dark under ultraviolet light, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported. Researchers in Wisconsin ...
"Human impact on the wombat population is now at a critical level. Wombats suffer from a disease called mange that was introduced to Australia and to wombats by human activity. Mites that cause mange lead to deep skin fissures that become flyblown and septic. This leads to a long, slow and painful death for wombats.
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