OBJECTIVE To estimate disease prevalence among dogs and cats in the United States and Australia and proportions of dogs and cats that receive therapeutic diets or dietary supplements. DESIGN Telephone survey. Sample Population-Dog and cat owners located in 5 geographic areas. PROCEDURES A telephone survey was administered to dog and cat owners. RESULTS Of 18,194 telephone calls that were ...

Because of extensive media coverage, it is now widely believed that pets enhance their owners’ health, sense of psychological well-being, and longevity. But while some researchers have reported that positive effects accrue from interacting with animals, others have found that the health and happiness of pet owners is no better, and in some cases worse, than that of non–pet owners. I discuss som...

In August 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified CDC of a consumer complaint involving Salmonella Sandiego infection in a child (the index patient), who had acquired a small turtle (shell length <4 inches [<10 cm]) at an Alabama flea market. The subsequent investigation, which included examining data from PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for foodborne disease su...

wittgenstein is one of the most prominent philosophers in the twentieth century; his views in both periods of his thinking have influenced many issues, including religion. his view on religion is expressed in his tractatus logico-philosophicus. in terms of the picture theory of meaning and the distinction between the meaningless and meaningful propositions, he has made an attempt to show that t...

The learning of Chinese has, for years, been regarded a s a matter that requires some special skill. At present there are still many people who have notbeen reached by the results of modern linguistic research and therefore they still look upon the learning of Chinese with the same attitude that Confucius had for the supernatural. When he was asked to give his opinion concerning it, Confucius s...

The rates of young people Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) the Mediterranean European Economic Area (MED EEA) are high. Hence, Union and national governments have developed implemented different policies aimed to tackle NEET situation. In this article, we try identify understand most relevant barriers that keep vulnerable as NEETs. We focused on youth being at highest risk becomi...