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Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-30053262
15 November 2014 Last updated at 09:42 ET
Are the health risks of keeping exotic pets increasing?
A pet green lizard Lizards have now overtaken horses and ponies in popularity as pets, according to estimates
People should avoid keeping exotic animals as pets because of the health risks involved, warns a new information leaflet. So what are the risks?
Exotic pets may be fascinating and even fun, but they bring with them a wide variety of bugs, microbes and parasites.
When these pass from animals to humans they can cause a wide variety of conditions, such as salmonella, ringworm and tuberculosis.
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A new leaflet called Exotic Pets, which is a collaboration by the Emergent Disease Foundation, One Health Initiative and Worldwide Veterinary Service, says these zoonotic diseases - infections that can pass between animals and humans - are likely to cause "thousands of cases of human illness annually and occasional deaths"...
15 November 2014 Last updated at 09:42 ET
Are the health risks of keeping exotic pets increasing?
A pet green lizard Lizards have now overtaken horses and ponies in popularity as pets, according to estimates
People should avoid keeping exotic animals as pets because of the health risks involved, warns a new information leaflet. So what are the risks?
Exotic pets may be fascinating and even fun, but they bring with them a wide variety of bugs, microbes and parasites.
When these pass from animals to humans they can cause a wide variety of conditions, such as salmonella, ringworm and tuberculosis.
Continue reading the main story
A new leaflet called Exotic Pets, which is a collaboration by the Emergent Disease Foundation, One Health Initiative and Worldwide Veterinary Service, says these zoonotic diseases - infections that can pass between animals and humans - are likely to cause "thousands of cases of human illness annually and occasional deaths"...