Pregnant women and persons with AIDS should wear gloves when gardening. Be sure to wash thoroughly after handling raw meat that should be cooked to 160 F for 20 to 30 minutes. It is also not recommended that these persons change a cats litter box. Ticks Ticks are capable of transmitting diseases to animals and humans. In some part the United States ticks may carry Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever or Lyme disease.
Tiny organisms transmit the disease to people or animals through tick bites.
It can cause fevers, rashes, or joint pain. An animal or a human must be directly bitten in order to get Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever or Lyme disease. You can protect yourself from tick bites by wearing long sleeves and long pants tucked into boots when walking in woods or fields, cutting back tall grass and brush near your residence, using tick repellent on yourself and your companion animals, and by looking for and removing ticks from yourself and your companion animals especially during warm months. Roundworms Nearly every puppy is born with roundworms contracted from its mother. These worms can be transmitted to people, especially children.