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unusual facts about fecal



Anal leakage

Encopresis, liquid fecal soiling and fecal incontinence in children

Fecal incontinence, liquid fecal incontinence is a sub-type of fecal incontinence

Brill–Zinsser disease

After a patient contracts epidemic typhus from the fecal matter of an infected louse (Pediculus humanus), the rickettsia can remain latent and reactivate months or years later, with symptoms similar to or even identical to the original attack of typhus, including a maculopapular rash.

Coxsackievirus

The virus family he discovered was eventually given the name Coxsackie, from Coxsackie, New York, a small town on the Hudson River where Dalldorf had obtained the first fecal specimens.

PTQ

PTQ implant, a type of bio-compatible injectable bulking agent used in urinary and fecal incontinence

Snow Leopard Conservancy

This is done using remote camera traps, fecal DNA sampling and GPS-satellite collars to study movements and corridor analysis to find areas to target for conservation efforts.

Toshisada Nishida

Before scientists learned to analyse DNA from fecal or hair samples, the only way to determine kinship relations was to hunker down for the long term.

Trap-neuter-return

The authors also argue that feral cats act as vectors for diseases that can impact domestic cats, wildlife and humans, examples include feline leukemia virus, feline immunodeficiency virus, fleas and ear mites (which are also carried by canines and wildlife), hookworms, roundworms, Bartonella, Rickettsia, Coxiella and Toxoplasma gondii, and that fecal matter has also been shown to degrade water quality.


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