What We Really Love — And Spend On — Our Pets
More Americans own pets than ever before, and they're spending more money to keep them healthy, according to a survey released by the American Veterinary Medical Association, USA Today reports.
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The Beastly Side of Pets: Disease
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says that 75 percent of the recently emerging infectious diseases affecting humans — diseases ranging from West Nile virus to AIDS — are of animal origin, The Providence (R.I.) Journal reports.
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Does Your Pet Need a Dietary Supplement?
Demand for supplements is on the rise. The pet supplement market has grown about 15 percent annually since 2000 and is now a $1.3 billion business, CNN reports.
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