Tag Archives: zoonotic diseases

Monkeypox and Strep Zoo: What Pet Owners Should Know

A dog coughing
Usually, I devote the month of June to writing about cats in honor of Adopt a Cat Month. But the infectious disease news is so important right now, I am delaying my annual series of feline blog posts until June 8th. Monkeypox Outside of Africa Last week, the World Health Organization reported a monkeypox outbreak

Can my pet make me sick? Can I make my pet sick?

A labrador retriever in a field at dusk
The 2019n-COV virus from China, also known as the Wuhan coronavirus, has raised concerns about the role of pets as a source of infections or in the spread of infections. Thankfully, there is currently no evidence for a role of pets in the COVID-2019 outbreak. However, there are diseases spread between animals and people. These