Observation of Practices at Petting Zoos and the Potential Impact on Zoonotic Disease Transmission
Author(s) -
J. Scott Weese,
Linda McCarthy,
M. Mossop,
Hayley Martin,
Sandra L. Lefebvre
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/518572
Subject(s) - hygiene , medicine , environmental health , animal welfare , public health , nursing , biology , ecology , pathology
Although petting zoos are common at public events and allow the public to interact with animals, there has been minimal evaluation of practices at petting zoos.
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