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Zoonotic Disease Is No Fish Tale (podcast)

Author: AVMA
Posted: Tuesday 14th September, 2010. 14:19:59

Pet fish can have positive effects on our health, but they can also present a disease risk.

While many of us know that our dogs and cats can expose us to germs that might make us sick, you might be surprised to learn that our pet fish have the potential to spread germs to us as well.

In this podcast, Dr. Stephen Smith, Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, talks about zoonotic diseases of pet fish and how fish owners can avoid them.

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