Table 2. Incidents/outbreaks identified by the review, by zoonotic agent and animal category.
Zoonosis/agent | Birds | Cats/dogs | Hamsters/guinea pigs | Hedgehogs | Rodents | Turtles | Other | Not known | Total |
LCMV | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Leptospirosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Pox virus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Psittacosis | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
Ringworm | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Salmonellosis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
Other | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Total | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 57 |