A lot of people are growing concerned with Ebola and it reaching our borders. Arming yourselves with knowledge is the best thing to do. Being a Veterinary technician I encounter people who are concerned about their pets also being carriers or transmitting it, so I found this handout to help educate. Follow the link below to read the handout that the CDC put out.

A handout for pet owners: Understanding Ebola.

How you can’t get Ebola

• Ebola is not airborne
• Can’t contract it through water
• Can’t contract it through food

How you CAN Get Ebola via

• Touching the blood or body fluids of one sick or has died from the disease
• Touching contaminated objects such as needles
• touching infected animals, their blood and body fluids, eating their meat

–Knowledge is Power

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