Listen to the podcast, and visit the CDC website below and review the materials listed. Then, discuss your thoughts on preventing disease in companion animals and the impact on public health by answering the questions in an essay with a proper introduction, 2-3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion. This essay must be at least 500 words in length, and use 1-2 specific examples in each body paragraph from the material provided to you.

Be sure to review the rubric on Compass before beginning your paper. This post is due on Compass by Monday at 11:59pm. Please copy and paste your response, or submit as a PDF file (please try to avoid other files).

1. Main Reflective Question (overall focus of your entire essay):

• We know veterinary care and preventative health care is important for individual pets, but why should we care about this from a public health perspective, and what are easy things pet owners can do to keep their pets and community healthy?

2. Material to Review;

Listen to the following podcast on rabies;

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o Radiolab Podcast: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/312245-rodney-versus-death

• Review the following CDC pages and research one viral or bacterial disease specifically seen in cats, dogs, birds kept as pets, ferrets, small mammals, OR reptiles and amphibians (including turtles kept as pets). Do not select a species outside of this list;

o Pets and Other Animals: https://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/pets/index.html

o List of Diseases that Can Be Spread Between People and Other Animals (be sure to note which species a disease impacts before researching as this list covers animals outside of companion animal species listed above): https://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/diseases/index.html