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Children who keep pets have fewer sick days off school than their classmates, new research reveals.
Absenteeism was significantly less among four and five-year-olds whose families owned one animal or more, researchers from Warwick University found, with their school attendance 18pc better than classmates without a pet. Health psychologist Dr June McNicholas said dogs, cats, fish, birds and rodents were among the creatures owned by the children surveyed.See the full content of this document
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Children Who Keep Pets 'Have Fewer Sick Days Off'
Children's health was not improved by any particular pet,...
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