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Do Animals Get Warts?
Not only are various animals capable of getting warts, the often do. In sometypes of animals, warts can be deadly. One of the main examples of how wartscan affect a non-human species is that of the turtle. In recent years, studies havebeen conducted to research the causes and effects of warts on certain types of turtles.The findings are startling. A virus called fibropapillomatosis is the contributingfactor. Unlike the warts found in humans, which are generally located in theepidermis, the warts which affect these turtles spread throughout their bodies.The warts are then capable of obstructing the turtle's internal organs. This thencan cause the turtle to die, either from starvation from being unable to see or swim properly, or from other bacterial infections. There has been a steadydecrease in the population of sea turtles; the warts which affect their bodies isthe primary reason for this.In dogs, the virus which causes warts is the canine viral papillomas. Unless adog's warts become infected, the general rule is to leave the warts undisturbed,as they usually disappear with time. A dog's warts are rarely a problem unlessthey are located about the mouth or other area which is sensitive and prone tobacteria and moisture. In some instances, a dog will require antibiotics. In dogs,warts usually appear in clusters, rather than as individual warts.Dogs acquire warts in the manner similar to how humans get warts they contractthem from other dogs who already have them. Canine warts can only be bespread amongst dogs. They pose no risk to other types of animals, nor canpeople contract warts from their dogs.Warts are less common in cats, but they do sometimes occur. Older cats are themost prone to contracting warts. Removal is not generally indicated unless thewart becomes infected. There is more danger in the wart becoming infectedthrough the cat's scratching or other activity than by the wart's state itself. Thesewarts also are not transmittable to humans.Cows can contract warts. In cattle, the term for warts is infectious papillomatosis,which refers to the papillomatomavirus which causes them. In cows, warts arenot usually serious and eventually disappear, but they are highly contagious.When cows have warts, isolating them from other cattle is important. It has not
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