Rat Diseases
Wild rats are widely recognized the world over as carriers of disease. Most famously, the black rat has long been condemned as being responsible for the catastrophic outbreak of bubonic plague in the 14th Century. It is true that the black rat did host a species of rat flea that harbored the Yersinia pestis bacteria that causes plague.
There were, however other factors involved in the “perfect storm” that was the plague pandemic which helped make it so deadly, a set of circumstances that is unlikely to be seen again. As frightening as bubonic plague is, in our modern age of antibiotics it is no longer the certain death sentence it once was.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) of the United States has identified more than ten illnesses and diseases that affect humans and which are spread by rodents. The rodent’s taxonomic family is vast, and not all of these diseases are primarily associated only with the two true rat species rattus rattus (black rat) and rattus norvegicus (brown rat).
Various serious diseases can be spread via wild mice, rabbits and even domesticated hamsters as well as many other members of the rodent family. Some of these are commonly referred to as rats, but are in fact different species altogether. Whether with cause or not, the rat has been singled out as the primary culprit and the two major species have long been condemned as dangerous pest animals.
Rat DiseasesWild rats are widely recognized the world over as carriers of disease. Most famously, the black rat has long been condemned as being responsible for the catastrophic outbreak of bubonic plague in the 14th Century. It is true that the black rat did host a species of rat flea that harbored the Yersinia pestis bacteria that causes plague.There were, however other factors involved in the “perfect storm” that was the plague pandemic which helped make it so deadly, a set of circumstances that is unlikely to be seen again. As frightening as bubonic plague is, in our modern age of antibiotics it is no longer the certain death sentence it once was.The Center for Disease Control (CDC) of the United States has identified more than ten illnesses and diseases that affect humans and which are spread by rodents. The rodent’s taxonomic family is vast, and not all of these diseases are primarily associated only with the two true rat species rattus rattus (black rat) and rattus norvegicus (brown rat).Various serious diseases can be spread via wild mice, rabbits and even domesticated hamsters as well as many other members of the rodent family. Some of these are commonly referred to as rats, but are in fact different species altogether. Whether with cause or not, the rat has been singled out as the primary culprit and the two major species have long been condemned as dangerous pest animals.
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