AlphaPet Veterinary Clinics

Reducing the risks of Salmonella infection from reptiles: advice for owners

Keeping reptiles carries some health risks which all owners should be aware of and take appropriate precautions to protect themselves and their families. Salmonella is a particularly common risk.

Click on this link to access a leaflet ( just produced by the Health Protection Agency, Department of Health, and Defra) that provides advice to reptile owners regarding measures to reduce the risk of contracting Salmonella infections from their pets.

An ongoing outbreak of Salmonella Typhiumurium DT191a infections in humans has been linked to reptile owners handling infected feeder mice, and has highlighted the need to raise awareness of the risk of such infections.

Check out the latest edition of AlphaPet News for all the latest happenings, advice and pet health warnings.

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AlphaPet has a newly designed website. We recently commissioned local web design company Access by Design, to completely redesign our website to help us to offer our clients an enhanced service.

We are now able to offer an online forum where you can post topics for discussion on any aspect of your pet’s health and well being.

In addition, we have a more advanced “Ask The Vet” service on the Forum, allowing clients to ask specific questions about their pet’s health.

And we have also introduced an online shop where you will find a range of very competitively priced diets and pet products which can be collected from any of the AlphaPet surgeries.

This is a brand new service to our clients which is expanding and evolving. If there is any product that you would like to be listed, please contact us at info@alphapet.co.uk as it is likely to be available on request.

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