September 23, 2009
Public Health Concerns: Beavers
The Humane Approach to Living with Wildlife
It has long been suggested that beaver may be responsible for outbreaks of the parasitic disease giardiasis in humans.
However, recent studies and examination of past outbreaks suggest that other factors, such as contamination of drinking sources with human waste, may play a larger role in the spread of the disease than beaver do.
