title: [Pets and zoonoses (author's transl)].
abstract: What can be the views held by a veterinarain on zoonoses when he acknowledges that a relationship between man and pets has a definitely positive value? The first question is: is an animal suited to serve as a pet? This may be answered by the following question: which are the risks involved when man takes a pet into his home?
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001717:Birds; D006224:Cricetinae; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012104:Reptiles; D015047:Zoonoses
vernacular_title: Gezelschapsdieren en zoönosen