Site of the Day for Thursday, December 5, 2002 Healthy Pets, Healthy People The List offers a helpful website from the National Center for Infectious Diseases focused on maintaining a physically healthy relationship between people and their animal companions. Gentle Members will find both reassurance and information at this authoritative site under the aegis of the Centers for Disease Control. "Pets provide many benefits to humans. They comfort us and they give us companionship. However, some animals can also pass diseases to people. These diseases are called zoonoses. . . Although animals can carry germs, it is important to know that you are more likely to get some of these germs from contaminated food or water than from your pet or another animal you encounter. CDC has created this Web site to provide you with information about the health-related risks of owning and caring for animals. We encourage you to follow the links located throughout this Web site for general information about companion and wild animals and the diseases they can carry." - from the website The site site provides safety precautions and sensible advice for those who may be slightly more at risk from "zoonotic transmission", specific diseases related to various domestic animals and a glossary. Additional resources include links to highly technical research papers dealing with the topic, guidelines for those working with domestic animals and information on the health benefits of pets for their human companions Bound to the website for enlightening facts on health and pets at: http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/ A.M. Holm <admin-sotd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.