Favorite Animals

Hedgehogs can be Hazardous to your Health

 
Each year literally hundreds of millions exotic animals are imported into the USA and Europe. An animal can be happily living in a jungle in Asia, South America or Africa one day, and find itself in a cage in some little girl’s bedroom in less than a week. The main problem is that many of [...]

Salmonella and Our Pets

zoonotic disease in pets

Salmonella and Our Pets -With the recent Peanut Butter Recall,  Salmonella once more has become headline news. Salmonella is a  bacterium that can affect both humans and animals and can be passed  from human to animal and animal to humans (reverse zoonotic disease).  Most infections occur through ingestion of contaminated food [...]