Problem

Soil-borne diseases in animals

Nature:

Animal diseases can develop from sources of infection that are transmitted via the soil. Transmission may occur through the disintegration of infected carcasses. The disease is contracted by the animals grazing close to the ground or during wet seasons when infection may occur through absorption of surface moisture. Soil-borne diseases include anthrax and blackleg.

Narrower Problems:
Melioidosis
Leptospirosis
Values:
Disease
Subject(s):
Geology Soil
Medicine Pathology
Zoology Animals
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 15: Life on Land
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems
Date of last update
26.08.2019 – 15:43 CEST