Illnesses Communicable Between Canine & Human

[Mommy2Max]

I'm just curious if there are any illnesses (colds, bronchitis..etc) that can be passed on to our doodles and vice versa.


Thank you,
~Danielle

[Moose&Mica]

Great question. I actually asked my vet about this because I thought I saw a correlation between us getting sick and the doodles getting sick (mostly stomach related stuff). He said that technically the answer is no (humans and dogs being so different). However, he also said we were not the first people to ask this question or to think we saw a correlation. Have you asked your vet about this?

[Mommy2Max]

I asked because a friend's mother is in from out of town and wants to meet Max. However, she got bronchitis so, I decided against it. Of course, that did bring up the question if it was even communicable to him.

I'll call my vet now and report back with his answer.

~Danielle

[Mommy2Max]

Okay - according to my vet.....

Viral is not communicable...colds...flu...bronchitis

Bacterial is, for the most part, not contagious either...bronchitis...strep

However, ringworm - salmonella - fungus and the sort ARE communicable.

[Pauline Rackley]

and leptospirosis

[Mommy2Max]

Great! Thanks for the information.

[Kelly]

Bacteria that causes periodontal infection can be transferred from dog to human. Makes a case for no licking on the mouth.

[Mommy2Max]

Wooops!

[LINDA & TEDDY]

Generally germs are species specific, meaning most illness is communicated within a species, human to human and dog to dog. Your dog can not get a cold, bronchitis, or the flu from you and you can not get kennel cough from him/her. Having said that, there are a few like ringworm, salmonella and rabies that are communicable.

[Debbie and Thomas]

Well, I don't know if this is a coincidence or not-but I had a stomach flu a few weeks ago-my doodle got diarrhea right after
I got sick. I was more worried about him than myself. I just couldn't figure out what has caused this-he recovered just when I did. He did not eat anything different or get into something that was bad for him, but he became ill right after I did. Hmmmm- I wonder?

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

May not be real, but my mom's Westie gets sick every time my mom does! Actually she is so intuitive with my mom, she reflects how my mom is feeling. What is so funny, is that my mom doesn't see this and actually thinks Annie feels badly and not her.

[Yvonne, Riley, Murphy and Luca]

Amazing that I actually got a letter from my vet today, her bi-yearly newsletter and included in it was a brochure on Zoonotic diseases. It turns out there are more than 150 diseases that are transmissible to people which are about 1/2 of all known diseases.
Some of her examples include: Roundworms, Hookworms, Toxoplasmosis, Cat Scratch Fever, Ringworm, Scabies, Rabies, Tuberculosis, Samonella, Giardia, Ehrlichiosis, Leptospirosis, Lyme Disease, and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

For more information you can go to: wwwe.npwm.com

[Mommy2Max]

Thank you!