{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,2]],"date-time":"2026-06-02T10:50:03Z","timestamp":1780397403933,"version":"3.54.1"},"reference-count":27,"publisher":"Wiley","issue":"2","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,8]],"date-time":"2014-02-08T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1391817600000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/termsAndConditions#vor"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Zoonoses and Public Health"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2015,3]]},"abstract":"<jats:title>Summary<\/jats:title><jats:p>Several \u2018exotic\u2019 mammalian species (e.g. rabbits, rodents, ferrets and hedgehogs) live in close proximity to humans as companion pets. Skin diseases (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SD<\/jats:styled-content>) are frequent causes of morbidity in exotic pet mammals, and most of those <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SD<\/jats:styled-content>s have a zoonotic potential. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequencies and types of zoonotic dermatosis (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ZD<\/jats:styled-content>) in client\u2010owned, exotic pet mammals in Southern Italy. Six\u2010hundred and fifty\u2010five medical records of exotic pet mammals examined between 2011 and 2012, across twenty private practice veterinary clinics around the Naples area (Italy), were retrospectively evaluated and screened for animals diagnosed with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SD<\/jats:styled-content>s (rabbits <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0455, guinea pigs <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a093, ferrets <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a064, hedgehogs <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a019, chinchillas <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a013 and rats <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a011). The records of animals diagnosed with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SD<\/jats:styled-content>, whose causative agents had a zoonotic potential, were selected for analysis. The Mann\u2013Whitney independent test was used for statistical analysis. A <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> value \u22640.05 was considered statistically significant. Eighty\u2010two records (12.5%) of animals with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ZD<\/jats:styled-content> were identified. Of those, 56.1% (46\/82) were affected by fungal infections and 42.7% (35\/82) by parasitic infections. No zoonotic bacterial or viral infections were diagnosed. Dermatophytosis was significantly diagnosed more frequently in younger animals. The results of this survey indicate that exotic pet mammals may serve as active carriers for many highly contagious pathogens with zoonotic potential. Awareness and vigilance by the veterinary practitioner is crucial in the prevention of occurrences of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ZDs<\/jats:styled-content>. Children frequently come in close contact with exotic pets. To prevent the unplanned transmission of pathogen from pet to human, an active routine screening examination and preventative treatments are strongly recommended for every newly purchased pet mammal.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/zph.12100","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,8]],"date-time":"2014-02-08T07:10:59Z","timestamp":1391843459000},"page":"100-104","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Survey of Zoonotic Dermatoses in Client\u2010Owned Exotic Pet Mammals in Southern Italy"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"62","author":[{"given":"D.","family":"d'Ovidio","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Private Practitioner Napoli Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"D.","family":"Santoro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine University of Illinois at Urbana\u2010Champaign Urbana IL USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1159\/000327378"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00508-006-0678-y"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"7","DOI":"10.5070\/D3882803SM","article-title":"Recent immunologic considerations regarding the itch and treatment of scabies","volume":"12","author":"Burkhart C. G.","year":"2006","journal-title":"Dermatol. Online J."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2230.1987.tb01895.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S1094-9194(03)00009-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3201\/eid1301.060480"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-4632.2007.03098.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/B978-1-4160-6621-7.00018-X"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cvex.2011.05.009"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1053\/j.jepm.2007.10.002"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/B978-1-4160-6621-7.00030-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_13_1","first-page":"248","article-title":"Animal mites transmissible to humans and associated zoonosis","volume":"26","author":"Jofr\u00e9 M. L.","year":"2009","journal-title":"Rev. Chilena Infectol."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-3164.2008.00673.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/vr.142.1.20"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.vetmic.2011.12.005"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/B978-1-4160-6621-7.00040-3"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1079\/AHRR200355"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_19_1","first-page":"57","article-title":"Zoonoses of dermatological interest","volume":"12","author":"Parish L. C.","year":"1993","journal-title":"Semin. Dermatol."},{"key":"e_1_2_10_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cvex.2011.05.004"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3201\/eid1101.040752"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1053\/j.jepm.2010.11.004"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_23_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0733-8635(02)00090-6"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_24_1","first-page":"63","volume-title":"Handbook for Zoonotic Diseases of Companion Animals","author":"Rovid\u2010Spickler A.","year":"2008"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_25_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0195-5616(87)50609-X"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_26_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.cvex.2011.05.007"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_27_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/lary.1977.87.11.1938"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_28_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1097","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2133.2000.03869x","article-title":"Cheyletiella dermatitis in humans, dogs and cats","volume":"143","author":"Wagner R.","year":"2000","journal-title":"Br. J. Dermatol."}],"container-title":["Zoonoses and Public Health"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.wiley.com\/onlinelibrary\/tdm\/v1\/articles\/10.1111%2Fzph.12100","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/zph.12100","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,1]],"date-time":"2023-10-01T09:46:19Z","timestamp":1696153579000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/zph.12100"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,8]]},"references-count":27,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2015,3]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1111\/zph.12100"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/zph.12100","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["1863-1959","1863-2378"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1863-1959","type":"print"},{"value":"1863-2378","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,8]]}}}