Are there any health problems or diseases that people may contract from sheep?

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My family & I are in close, constant contact with sheep, especially during lambing season. Are there any known illness's or disease's that we are at risk of catching? We've been in the sheep biz for over 30 years & my family members & I seem to have had a somewhat out of the ordinary combined medical history (my brother died at 20yo from brain tumor, sis has Adisons disease, I have Uveitis, Mom's had ongoing kidney issues, etc etc.) I'd just like to learn whether sheep are linked with causing any human health problems, & what they are. For example: I've heard that pregnant woman are supposed to avoid contact with sheep. Why & what exactly happens if they are exposed? ....during lambing season we frequently have to "enter" the sheep to pull difficult lambs. We have constant direct contact with blood, after-birth, diseased/sick sheep, dead sheep/lambs, & the asst. meds/vacines we must administer......... so ANY help, answers, advice on the subject would be really appreciated.
Hydatids tape worms in the liver .~~  (+ info)

diseases humans can get from sheep blood (when eaten) and how to avoid them?

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ask a lot of questions about animal blood becasue I eat it a lot (black pudding, etc.) I AM NOT A VAMPIRE- I just like it. and google is always useless with this stuff. So I was wondering, does anyone know how to get rid of diseases in sheeps blood? will boiling the blood help? or just make it disgusting?
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What happened to curing diseases ?

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I was wondering when was the last time we heard of any cures for any diseases. It seems lately that the have found " possible" cures or things that assist in helping with easing of symptoms caused by diseases. In he 1800's-1900's when they had a lot less technology they were "curing" alot more diseases than today. It just seems to me that if we can clone a sheep why can't we cure people. Of course there is no money to be made in curing diseases, but that would have to mean that every single pharmaceutical and research company cares just about money. So why do you think we do not have cures anymore just treatments ?
I agree, money money money it makes most of the world go around. I also agree exercise and diet play a major part, but it cannot cure juvenile diabetes or cancer. So what we are saying then is there is no one sitting in their basement with a cure for anything. The same guy that can build a spaceship to orbit the earth or the one person that can make a car run on vegetable oil or even the person that can build a better plasma tv, this person is just not there. No one is in it for the cure, we have all become sell outs. No more Jonah Salk or Paul Ehrlich or anyone out to do the right thing. Is that the answer?
It's not as profitable as treating the symptoms.  (+ info)

How can prion (abnormally fold protein) can cause CNS damage? Why the disease is most known in sheep? ?

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Prion disease in animals is sheep scrapie. The disease form the sponge like aappearancein the brain. If the scrapie infected sheep is fed to cows, the mad cow disease develop. If a person eats poorly cooked beef, we can also be transmitted with mad cow disease.
This is a very complicated question. And there are some clarifications that should be made to statements in the text which follows the question.

First - prion disease in animals takes different forms depending on the species of origin (if the disease was transmitted) and the species which has contracted the disease. Prion disease in cows is called Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (otherwise known as Mad Cow Disease). Other animals like goats, deer, elk, moose, mink, some felines, and others can get prion disease. In humans there are several variants of prion diseases . Humans can become ill with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), variant CJD (from eating 'mad cow beef'), Kuru, Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI), and Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker (GSS) disease.

Prion disease in sheep is indeed called Scrapie, and is partially characterized by microscopic sponge-like appearance in the brain.

Second - the transmission of Scrapie to cows has been documented experimentally, however it is unknown whether feeding cows sheep meat caused the Mad Cow epidemic of the UK, or whether this would happen in "real life" or non experimental conditions.

Third - eating poorly cooked beef does not conclusively increase your chances of contracting mad cow disease. Although prions are in very low concentration in muscle tissue or meat, they are very hard to inactivate. So cooking may not affect infectivity. The bottom line: in the entire world, just over 200 cases of humans becoming ill from this type of infection (vCJD) have been documented.

Finally - to answer the two questions:

A. How a protein can cause CNS damage
- The prion protein, when misfolded, is not in its normal cellular state. Also, the newly misfolded proteins aggregate and form into very stable 'clumps' called amyloid plaques. One could say that the human body does not know how to deal with the protein in this state, and normal cellular processes cannot break down the clumps. Cells in the immediate area die because normal processing cannot occur. There is a broad range of neural degeneration events that follow. Autophagy is a type of programmed cell death which is characterized by the formation of large vacuoles that eat away and break down cell parts. This process, when caused by the excess of prion clumps (amyloid plaques) occurring throughout the brain and CNS is as close as I can get to answering the question of how a protein can cause CNS damage.

B. Why the disease is most known in sheep
- I think this is because Scrapie is the most prevalent Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy. Many sheep accross the world (with the exception of New Zealand and Austrailia) die of Scrapie every year, whereas, the other diseases are quite rare. Also, Scrapie was the first TSE disease humans were really aware of. It was documented by farmers/vets in the 18th century.  (+ info)

What countries eat sheep eyeballs? How and why do they do so?

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How are sheep eyeballs cooked? Why is it that there are no recipes on the internet for sheep eyeballs? What do sheep eyeballs taste like?
india and sri lanka...taste like chicken  (+ info)

How do I make sausage casings from hog or sheep intestines?

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What is the procedure to turn hog or sheep small intestines into sausage casings? What tools are required to process the intestines? What is the process? What's the best way to preserve the finished product?
orf1943: I contacted some people regarding the purchase of the intestines. It's readily available.
I've never tried. I go to a large butcher shop and buy from them. I don't know how to do it, but buying is much easier. Besides, where can you get intestines?

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I would think it's so much easier. Casings are the thin membrane from the outside of the intestine. There's probably a trick for soaking them in something to make peeling the membrane off easier. The amount of time and effort way exceeds the few bucks you pay for casings. The membranes are shipped in salt. Soak them an hour in water, and hold them over the spigot on your water tap. Then run water through them for a few minutes. I love making homemade sausage. No preservatives, and I can control the amount of sodium. MUCH BETTER! Good luck  (+ info)

What diseases would have the symptom of coughing up blood or blood in the phlegm?

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This is not a symptom of my own so please don't tell me to go to the doctor, it is for a piece of work I have to do for College.

If you could tell me the name of a disease/ diseases that cause this, preferably not consumption or TB, a little about it and other symptoms it would be a massive help!
If you could also include treatment options and how serious a disease it is that would also be fantastic!



Hope you can help! Thanks!
First: spitting up blood is clinically known as: HEMOPTYSIS (bloody sputum, spit)
Yes, pneumonia is the most likely, but......
The following is from my medical e-book (I'm a nursing student)

"Blood in the sputum (hemoptysis) is most often seen in clients with chronic bronchitis or lung cancer. Clients with tuberculosis, pulmonary infarction, bronchial adenoma, or lung abscess may have grossly bloody sputum."
Also the end stage of cycstic fibrosis will present with hemoptysis.

a biggie in the hospital is:
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a collection of particulate matter (solids, liquids, or gaseous substances) that enters venous circulation and lodges in the pulmonary vessels. Large emboli obstruct pulmonary blood flow, leading to decreased systemic oxygenation, pulmonary tissue hypoxia, and potential death. Any substance can cause an embolism, but a blood clot is the most common.

Pulmonary embolism is the most common acute pulmonary disease (90%) among hospitalized clients. In most people with PE, a blood clot from a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) breaks loose from one of the veins in the legs or the pelvis. The thrombus breaks off, travels through the vena cava and right side of the heart, and then lodges in a smaller blood vessel in the lung. Platelets collect with the embolus, triggering the release of substances that cause blood vessel constriction. Widespread pulmonary vessel constriction and pulmonary hypertension impair gas exchange. Deoxygenated blood shunts into the arterial circulation, causing hypoxemia. About 12% of clients with PE do not have hypoxemia.

Pulmonary embolism affects at least 500,000 people a year in the United States, about 10% of whom die. Many die within 1 hour of the onset of symptoms or before the diagnosis has even been suspected.

For clients with a known risk for PE, small doses of prophylactic subcutaneous heparin may be prescribed every 8 to 12 hours. Heparin prevents excessive coagulation in clients immobilized for a prolonged period, after trauma or surgery, or when restricted to bedrest. Occasionally, a drug to reduce platelet aggregation, such as clopidogrel (Plavix), is used in place of heparin.



A smaller one that popped up in the book:
GOODPASTURE'S SYNDROME
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Goodpasture's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder in which autoantibodies are made against the glomerular basement membrane and neutrophils. The two organs with the most damage are the lungs and the kidney. Lung damage is manifested as pulmonary hemorrhage. Kidney damage manifests as glomerulonephritis that may rapidly progress to complete renal failure (see Chapters 74 and 75). Unlike other autoimmune disorders, Goodpasture's syndrome occurs most often in adolescent or young adult men. The exact cause or triggering agent is unknown.

COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT
Goodpasture's syndrome usually is not diagnosed until serious lung and/or kidney problems are present. Manifestations include shortness of breath, hemoptysis (bloody sputum), decreased urine output, weight gain, generalized nondependent edema, hypertension, and tachycardia. Chest x-rays show areas of consolidation. The most common cause of death is uremia as a result of renal failure.

Spontaneous resolution of Goodpasture's syndrome has occurred but is rare. Interventions focus on reducing the immune-mediated damage and performing some type of renal supportive therapy.

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Is it true that sheep's head was a normal dinner?

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My uncle, who's in his 40s, told me that when he was a child sheep's head or sheep's brain was considered a normal dinner. He was telling me about coming home from school and seeing a sheep's head in the saucepan!

Is he having me on?!
Skywise - do the heads have teeth and eyeballs too? That's horrible!
hello,
my mum was evacuated to a farm in north wales during world war 2 , on arrival in the kitchen the first thing she saw was a sheep's head boiling in a pan with the lid on the top bobbing up and down.its eyes coming out!
why she told me as such detail ? i was a kid . i had night mares about it, and now i try and sleep ?
04.20 hours  (+ info)

What diseases can you get from cutting yourself with a rusty knife?

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This is a question from a growing nurse. I've always wondered if you really can get a disease from a rusty knife or any rust and what kind of diseases you can get.
staph aureus and staph epidermidis are commonly found on the skin and are responsible for
most infected wounds. methicillin resistant staph aureus (MRSA) is becoming a serious
problem. tetanus (clostridium tetani) is also a possibility but is usually not a problem with superficial
cuts that bleed a lot. infected wounds not treated properly can become gangrenous (clostridium
perfringens). clostridium bacteria are anaerobic which means that require a lack of oxygen to
grow. poor circulation or elevating an infected foot may lead to gangrene due to the lack of oxygen
in the infected area. if a person touches the cut with unclean hands, e. coli could infect the wound.  (+ info)

How were these diseases prevented or cured in the 1600 to early 1700s?

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Measles
Smallpox
Chickenpox
Malaria

How were some of these diseases dealt with in the 1600s? If there was no cure or anything to prevent the diseases to happen can you explain why and what resulted in these situations? Thanks!
Inoculation was sometimes used to prevent smallpox but basically either you lived or you died. Most survived chickenpox & measles but there were those who died or were left scarred or with damage to the vision or nervous system. Malaria was a disease of the tropics and is found in parts of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Central and South America, Hispaniola, and Oceania. Mostly people died.

The 1600s were in the 17th century & the 1700s were in the 18th century. Do some online research.  (+ info)

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