Stay healthy around small pets

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.)
• Description:
  Pet rodents (such as mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, and guinea pigs) and other small pets (such as hedgehogs, sugar gliders, chinchillas, and ferrets) can sometimes carry germs that can make people sick. These germs can cause illnesses ranging from serious diarrhea to birth defects.
  
  • Small pets can carry germs even if they look healthy and clean.
  
  • Germs are shed in their droppings and can easily contaminate their bodies, habitats, toys, bedding, and anything in areas where they live.
  
  » These germs can spread to people after they touch these animals or anything in their habitats.
  
  But there’s good news! You can take steps to stay healthy while enjoying your pets.
  
  CS294770-D
  
  Publication date from document properies.
  
  safety-around-small-pets-h.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Animal Diseases Animals, Domestic Bonding, Human-Pet Pets Rodentia Zoonoses
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:31e5a9df985651ddae6f5cc30d2ebdf15fb8739a410852d39b0e064850b266ad
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/147157/cdc_147157_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 427.13 KB ]