An Emotional Support Animal (ESA) is an animal that provides therapeutic benefit (e.g., emotional support, comfort, companionship) to a person with mental health or psychiatric disability (such as serious condition). ESA not considered Service Animal, but under U.S. law, support also pet and generally restricted by the type of animal. Any domesticated may be cats, dogs, mice, rabbits, birds, he...

Gut microbial communities play a fundamental role in health and disease, but little is known about the gut microbiota of pet bird species. This important to better understand impact microbes on birds’ may also be relevant context zoonoses. Total genomic DNA samples from pooled fecal 30 flocks (4–7 birds per flock) representing over 150 six different species (two Passeriformes: Northern Mockingb...

The outcomes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) were retrospectively evaluated in 146 exotic animals including 20 pet birds, 47 rabbits, 34 hamsters, 18 ferrets, 7 turtles and 20 other small mammals in cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) at presentation or during hospitalization at an animal clinic. The rates of return of spontaneous circulation, survival after CPR and discharge were 9.3, 2.3 and ...

What turned you on to biology in the first place? I’ve always been interested in biology. I grew up in the Sonora Desert outside Tucson, Arizona. I was a budding pre-teen naturalist catching snakes, lizards and tarantulas to sell to collectors. I hunted everything from horned toads to birds and jackrabbits, and I had every imaginable pet, including a very large frog (grandpa), a squirrel (chipp...

background: pigeons ( columba livia ) have been kept as pet and reared for food in several countries including iran. ectoparasites are regarded as the basic causes of retardation in growth, lowered vitality and poor conditions of the birds. pseudolynchia canariensis a hippoboscidae fly is one of the important ectoparasites of pigeons and is respon­sible for the transmission of pathogens to bird...

BACKGROUND Around 67 million pets are owned by households in the United Kingdom, and an increasing number of these are exotic animals. Approximately a third of pets are purchased through retail outlets or direct from breeders. A wide range of infections can be associated with companion animals. OBJECTIVES This study uses a systematic literature review to describe the transmission of zoonotic ...