Pocket pets is a term that is commonly used to refer to small mammals kept as a household pet. Examples include the more common species, such as rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, ferrets, mice, and rats; however, more exotic species, such as sugar gliders, chinchillas, even prairie dogs, have been kept as “pocket” pets. The diseases listed here are some of the most important transboundary diseases of pocket pets. Some of these are zoonotic.

Acariasis
Amblyomma hebraeum
Baylisascariasis
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
Chagas (Trypanosomiasis-American)
Coccidioidomycosis
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
Cryptococcosis
Cryptosporidiosis
Dermatophytosis
Echinococcosis
Hantavirus
Influenza
Ixodes ricinus
Leptospirosis
Louping Ill

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