Disease : New threat came from a turtle??

Has not gone public concern over avian flu are spread by birds, come again another virus, influenza A (H1N1), which originally spread from pigs.

now, a veterinary student from Australia to prove that the turtles that breed in a cage with a highly contagious disease, even potentially be transmitted to humans!.

Bannan Debbie, who presented his findings at the "Conference unusual and exotic pet" on the celebration of Australian veterinary association, found a kind of micro-bacterial pathogens, the capacity to infect animals and humans to result in death. on the turtle's body of fresh water that never lived in the wild.

although the mechanism of how these micro-bacterium can infect the tortoise is still unclear, but bannan warned pet owners "exotic" to be careful. "You should be able to recognize the symptoms, before you and other pets contracting," said bannan.

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