Animal & pest control - facts about bat excrusion, animal control & insect extermination in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

Diseases of wildlife can cause significant illness and death to individual animals and can significantly affect wildlife populations. Wildlife species can also serve as natural hosts for certain diseases that affect humans (zoonoses). The disease agents or parasites that cause these zoonotic diseases can be contracted from wildlife directly by bites or contamination, or indirectly through the bite of arthropod vectors such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and mites that have previously fed on an infected animal. These zoonotic diseases are primarily diseases acquired within a specific locality, and secondarily, diseases of occupation and avocation. Biologists, field assistants, hunters, and other individuals who work directly with wildlife have an increased risk of acquiring these diseases directly from animal hosts or their ectoparasites....

Mice carry a variety of diseases that can be transmitted to humans. While the house mouse has not been found to be a carrier of hantavirus, other mice( white-footed and deer mice) have been noted carriers. Another major concern is salmonellosis which is transmitted by mice and is a concern in food storage and preparation areas. Salmonella live in the intestinal tracts of humans and other animals, including birds. It is usually transmitted to humans by eating foods contaminated with animal feces....

Use extreme caution when approaching or handling a wild animal that looks sick or abnormal to guard against those diseases contracted directly from wildlife. Procedures for basic personal hygiene and cleanliness of equipment are important for any activity but become a matter of major health concern when handling animals or their products that could be infected with disease agents....

Always wear intact rubber or plastic gloves when removing dead rodents and when cleaning or disinfecting items contaminated by rodents. Put the dead rodent in plastic bags and seal it tightly. Dispose of rodents in trash containers with tightfitting lids. Traps can be disinfected by soaking them in a solution of three tablespoons of bleach per gallon of water....

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