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Of all the farms I have visited in the course of my veterinary duties I have noticed that you will always be welcomed by a barking dog at the gate. Later, when you are done with your work and the farmer offers you a cup of tea or a table to write your report, the cat welcomes you with a meow and a gentle rubbing against your feet.
These pets do get sick but not all their sickness are transmissible to man; just the same way we get sick but don’t necessarily spread all our diseases to pets despite close co-existence. Nonetheless; caution should be taken when dealing with sick pets, regular deworming and vaccination against deadly diseases like rabies in dogs must be handled as a priority. That is the reason today I chose to write about some diseases that farmers can pick from their pets.
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