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MALADIE ENVIRONNEMENTALE [2 records]

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Record 1 2022-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Non-infectious environmental disease. These are low-impact diseases that farmed fish can contract from their environment including, but not limited to, environmental toxins, fungal infections and poor gill health associated with environmental stressors. These conditions often resolve on their own and veterinary intervention is uncommon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Maladies environnementales non infectieuses. Il s'agit de maladies à faible impact que les poissons d'élevage peuvent contracter dans leur environnement, y compris, mais sans s'y limiter, les toxines environnementales, les infections fongiques et une mauvaise santé des ouïes associées à des facteurs environnementaux. Ces maladies guérissent souvent d'elles-mêmes et il est rare qu'un vétérinaire doive intervenir.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Environment
CONT

Ecologic Illness is a chronic multi-system disorder, usually polysymptomatic, caused by adverse reactions to environmental incitants, modified by individual susceptibility and specific adaptation. The incitants are present in air, water, food, drugs and our habitat.

CONT

Environmental Disease Factors. There are many environmental factors that affect our health. Listed in the directory below are some, for which we have provided a brief overview. ... Molds in the Environment. Air Pollution. Asthma Triggers. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Lead Poisoning. Radon. Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Electric and Magnetic Fields. Gulf War Syndrome.

OBS

Compare with the closely-related term "multiple chemical sensitivity; MCS," that is considered as a synonym by many authors but in fact constitutes the description of this disorder from another perspective (cause and effect relation).

OBS

Conceptual family: sick building syndrome (SBS); tight building syndrome (TBS); building-related illness (BRI); multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS); environmental disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Environnement
DEF

Maladie causée par une polysensibilité à divers facteurs environnementaux.

OBS

Voir aussi le terme «sensibilité chimique multiple» (en anglais : «multiple chemical sensitivity; MCS»), qui est considéré par de nombreux auteurs comme un synonyme de «maladie environnementale» mais qui est en fait une désignation de la maladie sous une autre perspective (relation de cause à effet).

Spanish

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