Abstract

Pet keeping practices have a long history in human societies, butpoor knowledge regarding pet keep ingincreases risk of several zoonoses. The aim of this study is to identify the risk of zoonoses based on knowledge, practices, and perception of threat among pet owners in Kathmandu. A cross-sectional questionnaire based study was conducted on 143 purposively selected pet owners from different three wards in Kathmandu metropolitan. Most of the respondents 86.7% (n=143) were keeping dog as a pet in their households.