{"id":21132,"date":"2024-01-04T19:27:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T19:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/?p=21132"},"modified":"2025-11-19T17:21:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:21:32","slug":"consumer-health-minute-pet-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/consumer-health-minute-pet-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Health Minute: Pet Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21134\" style=\"width: 175px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21134\" class=\"wp-image-21134\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/ginger-cats-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"two ginger cats sitting on a brick windowsill outside.\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/ginger-cats-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/ginger-cats-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/ginger-cats-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/12\/ginger-cats.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toulouse and Oatmeal standing guard or more likely, just afraid to stray too far from home<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We often talk about our own health or the health of another person such as a friend, colleague, or family member. But how often do we talk about the health of our pets? Probably more often than you think.<\/p>\n<p>Our pets can be part of the family and may even hold a higher rank than human members! Whether for companionship, to help us feel safer, or just keeping us entertained, our pets play an essential role in our lives. Therefore, it is important to consider their health.<\/p>\n<p>Here are just a few resources to help guide you in the health of your pet(s).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MedlinePlus health topic, <a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/pethealth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pet Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NIH News in Health 2018 article, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinhealth.nih.gov\/2018\/02\/power-pets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Power of Pets: Health Benefits of Human-Animal Interactions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>American Veterinary Medical Association\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avma.org\/resources-tools\/pet-owners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resources for Pet Owners<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CDC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/healthypets\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Healthy Pets, Healthy People<\/a><\/li>\n<li>American Red Cross offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/take-a-class\/classes\/cat-and-dog-first-aid-online\/a6R0V0000015EUf.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cat and dog first aid training<\/a>, a free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/about-us\/news-and-events\/news\/2023\/pet-first-aid-awareness-app.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pet first aide awareness app<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/get-help\/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies\/pet-disaster-preparedness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pet disaster preparedness<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We often talk about our own health or the health of another person such as a friend, colleague, or family member. But how often do we talk about the health of our pets? Probably more often than you think. Our pets can be part of the family and may even hold a higher rank than&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/consumer-health-minute-pet-health\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316,457,43],"tags":[414],"class_list":["post-21132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumer-health","category-consumer-health-minute","category-emergency-preparedness","tag-pet-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21132"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21181,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21132\/revisions\/21181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}