Diseases and parasitism
Channel: Animal Ethics
Date: 2020-04-25

Diseases in nature are widespread, and they interact negatively with other factors such as weather conditions and malnutrition. In order to survive, animals often have to hide their symptoms and they aren't always able to adequately rest and recuperate. Here, you'll learn about common diseases and parasites and how they impact the lives of animals in the wild.

This is part of module 1 of our course about wild animal suffering. In this course, you'll learn about the plight of animals living in the wild. Find out what the lives of the most numerous animals — invertebrates — are actually like and get an overview of the evidence of their sentience (consciousness). Hear what the contemporary debates in animal ethics are and how they relate to showing moral consideration for nonhuman animals. Find out about a proposed field of research called welfare biology, the study of the wellbeing of animals living in the wild. 

If you're interested in learning more about the subject, we have many articles on our website on the topics covered in the course. 

https://www.animal-ethics.org

Attribution:

Photos:

· Dead insect. Luca Masters. CC BY 2.0 Generic Licence
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lkbm/52585071/

· Sick ladybird. Nutmeg66. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0  Generic Licence
https://bit.ly/2RXF3aD

· nuclear polyhedrosis virus. 3066027. James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org  CC BY 3.0 United States licence
https://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=3066027

·  nuclear polyhedrosis virus (Nucleopolyhedrovirus). 3066028. James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org. CC BY 3.0 United States licence
https://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=3066028

· The mystery of lobster shell disease. Deepseanews.com. Creative Commons Licence
https://www.deepseanews.com/2012/10/the-mystery-of-lobster-shell-disease/

· journal.pone.0029659.g001. S. Descamps. CC BY 4.0 International Licence.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/figure?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0029659.g001

· Avian_cholera. EarthFix. CC BY-NC 2.0  Generic Licence
https://www.flickr.com/photos/earthfixteam/6872940412/in/photolist-btkBJC-ccDY8U-27PRLUi-wtWMT6-dYJC2T-4DvcW2-6QuAvW-5VVhSX-5VZCwL-57jZck

· 2007 06/10 seal rescue story: SCROLL DOWN. Yeimaya. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0  Generic Licence
https://bit.ly/2S222S1

. Figure 3. Human Impacts. Forrest Brem. CC BY 4.0 International licence
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0060024

· Dead Bd-infected Atelopus limosus at Sierra Llorona (posed to show ventral lesions and chytridiomycosis signs). Brian Gratwicke. CC BY 2.0  Generic licence
https://bit.ly/2XZOASI

· Very Sick. James Marvin Phelps. CC BY-NC 2.0 Generic licence
https://bit.ly/2xVwnuP

· Parasites. Ryszard. CC BY-NC 2.0  Generic licence
https://bit.ly/2KF3mXb

· Parasite. Mark Robinson CC BY-NC 2.0 Generic licence.
https://bit.ly/3bxOtSc

· Parasite.Klaus Stiefel. CC BY-NC 2.0 Generic licence
https://bit.ly/2zjCdGA

. Magicicada species infected with Massospora cicadina collected in North Carolina. TelosCricket. CC BY-SA 4.0 International licence.
https://bit.ly/34XQSmE

. Sick Coyote. kurt Bauschardt. CC BY-SA 2.0 Generic licence.
https://bit.ly/2x2rnUF

. Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat. Jason Pratt. CC BY 2.0 Generic licence
https://bit.ly/2Vv4TVE

. Wombat blinded by mange. Peter Firminger. Iflscience. CC BY 2.0 Generic licence
https://bit.ly/2VzSYpX

. Bird Number 6. Caracara plancus. Beak and oral cavity. Ulcerative yellow-brown lesion with detachment and jugal bone, mandible, maxilla, pterygoid region, and palatal region necrosis with exposure of the bottom of the eye. ResearchGate.  CC BY-NC 4.0 International licence
https://bit.ly/350e18b

. A Pseudolynchia canariensis carrying phoretic mites. Alvesgaspar. CC BY-SA 4.0 International licence.
https://bit.ly/2Y1jkCC

. Nycteribiidae (parasite fly living on bats) (5021769088).jpg. Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA  2.0 Generic licence
https://bit.ly/2xVByL4

Videos:

. Do Crickets Cry? #AustinWild. AnneBeck58. Creative Commons Attribution license
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyeLyDhyiew

. Wild rabbits in the front yard. Chris Baird. Creative Commons Attribution license
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1PduhZxYhY

. Best Video !!! All Male Monkeys, Fight To Get, King Position, How Is Cute Baby Carlino? Everyday Monkey. Creative Commons Attribution license
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHRddNvFtZQ

. Loggerhead Sea Turtle Rescue 11-2013. MyFWC Florida Fish and Wildlife. Creative Commons Attribution license
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGOYEzT24Pw

. The Centaur Equine Specialty Hospital. Purdue University. Creative Commons Attribution license 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy-mD7ubpXY

. Parasitic WaSP assails caterpillars of large white. Creative Commons Media. Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPC3UBqGsXw

Music: Feeling. Borrtex. CC BY-NC 4.0 International Licence.
https://bit.ly/3eMXGI6