Description:
Discusses prevention and treatment of animal diseases that can be transmitted to humans, known as zoonotic diseases (or zoonoses). Topics include worms, toxoplasmosis, salmonellosis, ringworm, cat-scratch disease, rabies, mycobacteria, psittacosis, and rodent-borne and flea and tick-borne diseases. Includes brief material on petting zoos and the FDA's position on the bones and raw food (BARF) pet diet. From FDA Consumer, a publication of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Public Affairs. |