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Cuddling dying pets gives owners scary infections
It's rare, but some pet owners have contracted life-threatening infections from caring closely for their animals at the end of life, a report shows.
By JoNel Aleccia
Comforting dying pets through their last days turned out to be dangerous for animal owners who wound up with life-threatening infections from the close contact, a new report finds...
...Myers believes he?s the first to report cases of Pasteurella multocida infections associated with palliative care by owners of dying pets. It?s rare, of course, but it was striking to encounter three such incidents all within a year, he said...
Cuddling dying pets gives owners scary infections
It's rare, but some pet owners have contracted life-threatening infections from caring closely for their animals at the end of life, a report shows.
By JoNel Aleccia
Comforting dying pets through their last days turned out to be dangerous for animal owners who wound up with life-threatening infections from the close contact, a new report finds...
...Myers believes he?s the first to report cases of Pasteurella multocida infections associated with palliative care by owners of dying pets. It?s rare, of course, but it was striking to encounter three such incidents all within a year, he said...