CDC warns Easter chicks can carry salmonella
With more than 1.4 million reported cases of the deadly salmonella cases reported last year, Dr. Kammy Johnson, a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Wednesday urged parents not to buy their children live chicks or similar pets that can carry this disease.
Reached in Atlanta, Johnson said: "Chicks can carry Salmonella in their feces.... They're not good pets for children knowing how often they put their hands in their mouths or touch other things they come in contact with....
"If they do allow them to play with them, they should be very cognitive of their handwashing afterwards...," she …
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