When someone is sick, people always tell them "Don't breathe on me", or, "Cover your mouth when you cough". If we can give other people our germs, can we give it to animals?
2007-02-01 08:58:37 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
there are very few viruses that can actually go from human to animal and visa versa, like Lime Disease for instance, or the Bird Flu, or Mad Cow Disease.. other than that the common cold, the flu, strep..none of them will affect an animal.
2007-02-01 09:24:14 · answer #1 · answered by Fluffington Cuddlebutts 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up zoonoses. that's the proper name of diseases that pass between species.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoonose
Their partial list of zoonoses
Anthrax
Bird Flu
Bolivian hemorrhagic fever
Brucellosis
Borna virus infection
Bubonic plague
Campylobacteriosis
Chagas disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) a Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) from Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "Mad cow disease"
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
Cutaneous larval migrans
Dengue Fever
Ebola fever
Echinococcosis
Korean hemorrhagic fever
Lábrea fever
Lassa fever
Leishmaniasis
Leptospirosis
Listeriosis
Marburg virus infection
Monkey B virus
MRSA
Nipah virus
Ocular larval migrans
Ornithosis (psitacosis)
Oropouche fever
Q-Fever
Rabies
Rift Valley fever
Ringworms (Tinea canis, mainly)
Salmonellosis
Soduku
Toxoplasmosis
Trichinosis
Typhus and other Rickettsial diseases
Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever
Visceral larval migrans
Yellow fever
2007-02-01 09:01:11 · answer #2 · answered by TheseUnitedStates 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
animals are sensitive pet birds can pick up vibrations dogs and cats pick up your sensitive side especially if you are close to them. dogs tend to acknowledge it that you are sick cats tend to rub againts your feet. but they dont get sick their immune sysyem are stronger than humans. but do pick them up otherwise you get a scratch or barked out no animals like sudden movement like a head cold. anaimals are wary of that
2007-02-01 09:07:25 · answer #3 · answered by Elvis 109 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, our germs can't be passed on to animals
2007-02-01 09:06:20 · answer #4 · answered by xquis81 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I like to sneeze on my girlfriends dog's face. Its never gotten sick from it as far as i know.
2007-02-01 09:01:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I didn't think so until I gave my dog an STD. Remember, think
before you act. No matter how right you think it is.
2007-02-01 09:03:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been comments of homosexuals whose dogs lick up the toilet water.
2007-02-01 09:01:41 · answer #7 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what it is. Hamsters can get a common cold.
2007-02-01 09:01:05 · answer #8 · answered by allyalexmch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not generallyy only certain viruses go between species their immune system is different so they dont get the same colds and stuff like we do
2007-02-01 09:05:07 · answer #9 · answered by hotmoma_37 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I gave my dog mono once. Go figure?
2007-02-01 09:01:25 · answer #10 · answered by JK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋