Zoonotic Diseases

Zoonotic diseases are infections that are spread between people and animals.

These infections are caused by germs, such as viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi.

Some can be severe and life threatening, such as rabies, and others may be milder and get better on their own.

Zoonotic diseases are very common. More than six of 10 known infectious diseases in people are spread between people and animals.

 

 

Chickens feeding on the grassBackyard Poultry

 

Wild boar walking in the fogBrucellosis

 

Close up of a puppy with a red collarCampylobacteriosis

 

 

A person bending down and petting a calf in its penCryptosporidiosis

 

A child petted a cow outside.E. coli

 

Girl stroking a calf on a dairy farmFarm Animals

 

 

Best friends:young cow and sheep standing together in a fieldGiardiasis

 

Two rats on a handHantavirus

 

A prairie dog.Plague

 

 

A cockatiel.Psittacosis

 

A child standing by a fence with a goat inside.Q Fever

 

A brown bat with wings spread out.Rabies

 

 

A raccoon sits on a bird bath surrounded by black eyed susan flowers.Racoon Roundworm

 

Baby chick, newly hatched out of eggSalmonellosis

 

Woman applying insect repellent to a childTicks and Mosquitoes

 

 

A young rabbit sitting on its hind feet facing sideway outsideTularemia

 

Cat looking upwardsTyphus Fever

 

Six pigs in a farm pen outside.Yersiniosis

 

Resources from the Department of Health Services (DHS)

Safely Caring for a Cat, P-03340

Questions about zoonotic diseases? Contact us!
Phone: 608-267-9003 | Fax: 608-261-4976

Related pages

Cat-Scratch Disease (CSD)
Leptospirosis
Last Revised: December 15, 2022