Question

Read the following passage carefully :
Caring for animals and pets offers a tremendous learning experience for children. It can teach
them responsibility, gentleness, and respect for nature and other living beings. Like adults, children
can benefit from the companionship, affection, and relationships they share with their pets.
Like people, all animals carry germs. Some illnesses that are common among house pets -such as
distemper, canine parvovirus, and heartworms - can't be transmitted to humans. But pets also carry
certain bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi that can cause illness if they are transmitted to humans.
Humans get these animal-borne diseases when they are bitten or scratched or have contact with an
animal's waste or saliva.
These diseases can affect humans in a wide variety of ways. They are of greatest concern to young
children, infants, and pregnant women who have immune systems that have been compromised by
illness or disease. Immune systems of younger kids aren't as strong as those of older kids. So some
infections that might make an adult just mildly sick can be more serious for kids.
Pets also are more likely to carry ticks and fleas in their fur, and these organisms can carry
diseases. They may become infected and cause serious problems, particularly bites to the face and
hands. Cat bites tend to be worse, partly because they are deeper puncture wounds. Significant bites
should be washed out thoroughly. Often these bite wounds require treatment in a doctor's office or
emergency room; antibiotics are sometimes necessary.
Dogs and cats are popular pets among families with children but they may carry infections such
as Cat scratch disease. It can infect a person who is bitten or scratched by a cat with Barionella
henselae bacteria. Symptoms include swollen and tender lymph nodes, fever, headaches, and fatigue,
which usually resolve without treatment. Rabies is another serious illness caused by a virus that
enters a person's body through a bite or wound contaminated by the saliva from an infected animal.
Factual) Word limit: 323
Arstver these questions briefly :
(1 x 4 = 4 marks
1. What does keeping a pet teach children ?
2. Name two common illnesses among domestic pets.
3. How can children benefit from the pets ?
.Write two common infections that pets can carry.​

Answer 1

Answer:

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1. It can teach them responsibility, gentleness and respect for nature and other living beings.

2.the common illnesses among domestic pets are

Heartworm, distemper

4. The two common infections that pets can carry are

Bacteria, fungus

Answer 2

Answer:

1. It can teach them responsibility, gentleness and respect for nature and other living beings.

2.the common illnesses among domestic pets are

Heartworm, distemper

4. The two common infections that pets can carry are

Bacteria, fungus

Explanation: