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Oodinium, a genus of parasitic dinoflagellates, causes velvet disease in fish. Velvet disease (also called gold-dust, rust and coral disease) is a fish disease caused by dinoflagellate parasites of the genera Amyloodinium in marine fish, and Oodinium in freshwater fish. The disease gives infected organisms a dusty, brownish-gold color. The ...
Tennessee — Skelton died from a snake bite during a religious service in Cleveland. [120] June 22, 1943 Jerry Frier, 7, male: Rattlesnake: Florida — Frier died from rattlesnake bite in Lafayette County. [121] May 1, 1942 Dorothy Louise Key, 8, female: Rattlesnake: Florida — Bitten while walking in woods near her home in Bradenton. [122 ...
Onychophora / ɒ n ɪ ˈ k ɒ f ə r ə / (from Ancient Greek: ονυχής, onyches, "claws"; and φέρειν, pherein, "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (for their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus / p ə ˈ r ɪ p ə t ə s / (after the first described genus, Peripatus), is a phylum of elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged animals.
Cats of all shapes and sizes have come down with bird flu.. First there were barn cats that drank raw milk.In recent days, 20 wild cats at a Washington State animal sanctuary that probably ate ...
A disease which can kill cats, both domestic and wild, has been discovered for the first time in the US. ... The big cat was observed in May 2023 with lesions on her skin and signs of severe ...
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Like humans and other animals, fish suffer from diseases and parasites.Fish defences against disease are specific and non-specific. Non-specific defences include skin and scales, as well as the mucus layer secreted by the epidermis that traps microorganisms and inhibits their growth.
An important infectious skin disease of cats is ringworm, or dermatophytosis.Other cat skin infections include parasitic diseases like mange and lice infestations.. Other ectoparasites, including fleas and ticks, are not considered directly contagious but are acquired from an environment where other infested hosts have established the parasite's life cycle.