Can horses catch any disease's from rats.?
I was changing my horses water and as i tipped the water out there was a dead rat at the bottom of his water bucket. i was want to no if my horse will catch any disease's from the dead rat. the rat might have been in there for 1 day as i change his water every other day. (i will change daily from now on.)
Answers:
I'm afraid it is possible; rats carry Weils disease (leptospirosis).
Here's a google; do some research and learn what symptoms to look out for.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=w.
This was an unlucky freak accident. It could have happened 10 minutes after you changed his water.
You might want to clean the bucket by soaking it in a 10% bleach solution or Oxyclean, then rinsing well before re-using.
Weils disease is passed on by rat urine, and the rat probably urinated when it drowned. So hopefully your horse had more sense than to drink the water.
We keep feed in bins to keep mice and rats out.
I'd think that a horse as well as anyone/anything else could catch diseases from rats. Its passing on bacteria and viruses so I'd keep a close eye if i were you
More then likely your horse would not have drank from the bucket? I no my gelding would not have. Of course in stead he would have been throwing a fit. Did you notice water gone from it? Your horse have all shots? I do not know if my little girl would have drank from it or not?
Rats do carry nasty deseases...
if your horse gets bit by a rat mayby but only if the rat is carrying any diseases
Rats and horses are both mammals and therefore can pass some diseases on to each other (warm-blooded animals like birds and mammals can pass on diseases to each other, cold-blooded like reptiles and amphibians can pass to each other; sometimes across that divide but usually cold to warm or warm to cold diseases can't be passed). However, this generally can only be done with blood transfer (scratching, biting, bleeding into a wound on the other animal) and not by drinking the water the dead animal was in.
If you didn't see any wounds on the rat (and I would venture to guess it probably drowned, not died from a wound and fell in) then I wouldn't worry too much about it. Even if it was wounded the water probably diluted the blood enough to where it shouldn't be a real problem. So I wouldn't worry about it. But if you feel it necessary, the vet could probably tell you better for sure and probably could provide any vaccinations that might help.
Big fat yes. Botulisum for one, can be caused by dead animals in a water supply, usually mice(or rats).
Beautiful horse.
Wild rats often carry fleas and fleas carry worms. I'm not sure what it does besides contaminating the water, but it can't be good. Whatever else might be best answered by your vet.
Usually horses are picky drinkers. I imagine your horse might of not drank out of it. If he or she did, very little most likely. I know my mare is that way. I have found many rats/mice, lizards, chickens and a possume over the years when I boarded her.
That is the reason why I checked it everyday in morning and at night.
Just like any animal and human, diseases can be passed on. Especially from a dead animal when bodly liquids are exposing into items that will be consumed into our digestive track etc.
I would keep an eye on your horse for any sign of illness and abnormalities.
Discuss this with your vet just to see if he or she will recommend getting a blood, urine or stool sample.
Yes i should imagine they can, it is really no different from us catching diseases from rats. The black death not only killed humans but cattle and animals as well. Get him checked out by youre vet just to be safe.
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Answers:
I'm afraid it is possible; rats carry Weils disease (leptospirosis).
Here's a google; do some research and learn what symptoms to look out for.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=w.
This was an unlucky freak accident. It could have happened 10 minutes after you changed his water.
You might want to clean the bucket by soaking it in a 10% bleach solution or Oxyclean, then rinsing well before re-using.
Weils disease is passed on by rat urine, and the rat probably urinated when it drowned. So hopefully your horse had more sense than to drink the water.
We keep feed in bins to keep mice and rats out.
I'd think that a horse as well as anyone/anything else could catch diseases from rats. Its passing on bacteria and viruses so I'd keep a close eye if i were you
More then likely your horse would not have drank from the bucket? I no my gelding would not have. Of course in stead he would have been throwing a fit. Did you notice water gone from it? Your horse have all shots? I do not know if my little girl would have drank from it or not?
Rats do carry nasty deseases...
if your horse gets bit by a rat mayby but only if the rat is carrying any diseases
Rats and horses are both mammals and therefore can pass some diseases on to each other (warm-blooded animals like birds and mammals can pass on diseases to each other, cold-blooded like reptiles and amphibians can pass to each other; sometimes across that divide but usually cold to warm or warm to cold diseases can't be passed). However, this generally can only be done with blood transfer (scratching, biting, bleeding into a wound on the other animal) and not by drinking the water the dead animal was in.
If you didn't see any wounds on the rat (and I would venture to guess it probably drowned, not died from a wound and fell in) then I wouldn't worry too much about it. Even if it was wounded the water probably diluted the blood enough to where it shouldn't be a real problem. So I wouldn't worry about it. But if you feel it necessary, the vet could probably tell you better for sure and probably could provide any vaccinations that might help.
Big fat yes. Botulisum for one, can be caused by dead animals in a water supply, usually mice(or rats).
Beautiful horse.
Wild rats often carry fleas and fleas carry worms. I'm not sure what it does besides contaminating the water, but it can't be good. Whatever else might be best answered by your vet.
Usually horses are picky drinkers. I imagine your horse might of not drank out of it. If he or she did, very little most likely. I know my mare is that way. I have found many rats/mice, lizards, chickens and a possume over the years when I boarded her.
That is the reason why I checked it everyday in morning and at night.
Just like any animal and human, diseases can be passed on. Especially from a dead animal when bodly liquids are exposing into items that will be consumed into our digestive track etc.
I would keep an eye on your horse for any sign of illness and abnormalities.
Discuss this with your vet just to see if he or she will recommend getting a blood, urine or stool sample.
Yes i should imagine they can, it is really no different from us catching diseases from rats. The black death not only killed humans but cattle and animals as well. Get him checked out by youre vet just to be safe.
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