Pet husbandry and infection control practices related to zoonotic disease risks in Ontario, Canada

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Stull, Jason W ^a,b,c   Peregrine, Andrew S ^a,b   Sargeant, Jan M ^a,b   Weese, J Scott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Education; Husbandry; Infection; Pet; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DOGS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; ONTARIO; PETS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84878221974     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-520     Document Type: Article

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