title: Best practices for planning events encouraging human-animal interactions.
abstract: Educational events encouraging human-animal interaction include the risk of zoonotic disease transmission. It is estimated that 14% of all disease in the USA caused by Campylobacter spp., Cryptosporidium spp., Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157, non-O157 STECs, Listeria monocytogenes, non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica and Yersinia enterocolitica were attributable to animal contact. This article reviews best practices for organizing events where human-animal interactions are encouraged, with the objective of lowering the risk of zoonotic disease transmission.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Erdozain
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: KuKanich
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chapman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Powell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Petting zoo; best practices; lowering; prevention; recommendations; risk; zoonotic disease