Stehr-Green J K, Schantz P M
Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 1987 Jan;17(1):1-15. doi: 10.1016/s0195-5616(87)50601-5.
In the context of all causes of human morbidity and mortality, or even within the context of all infectious diseases affecting the public health, pet-associated zoonotic infections are of moderate importance. The data documented in Table 1, however, indicate that they do exact significant human health and economic costs. If complete data were available for all of the infections shown in Table 1, the costs would be considerably higher. Moreover, most of these diseases are preventable through educating the public, particularly pet owners, of the zoonotic potential of these diseases, so that they may take precautions to minimize the risks leading to infection. These measures include appropriate health care of pets to eliminate infectious agents, reducing the number of uncontrolled, ownerless pets as well as unwanted or poorly supervised pets, preventing pets from soiling public places with their feces, excluding animals from areas where children play, enforcing leash laws, and promoting responsible pet ownership. Veterinarians, physicians, and public health agencies can aid in these efforts; ultimately, however, the responsibility lies with the pet owner.
在所有导致人类发病和死亡的原因中，或者甚至在所有影响公共卫生的传染病范围内，与宠物相关的人畜共患病感染的重要性处于中等水平。然而，表1中记录的数据表明，它们确实给人类健康和经济带来了重大成本。如果能获得表1中所有感染的完整数据，成本将会高得多。此外，通过教育公众，特别是宠物主人，让他们了解这些疾病的人畜共患病潜力，从而采取预防措施将感染风险降至最低，大多数这类疾病是可以预防的。这些措施包括对宠物进行适当的医疗护理以消除传染源，减少无人看管、无主宠物以及不受欢迎或监管不善的宠物数量，防止宠物粪便污染公共场所，禁止动物进入儿童玩耍区域，执行牵绳法律，并倡导负责任的宠物饲养。兽医、医生和公共卫生机构可以协助这些工作；然而，最终责任在于宠物主人。
