Half of dog and cat owners sleep with their pets despite hygiene concerns.
Pets can carry and spread stomach bugs like salmonella, and can infect us with parasites, fungal infections, tapeworm, roundworm and some superbugs.
One in five also let their pet eat from family plates while another third admit they have found animal hairs in their food.
The figures are revealed in a survey of 2,000 pet owners and it shows that depite concerns over the danger of pet bugs, many people dont take basic steps to protect themseleves