Table 1

Major Zoonotic Diseases, their etiological agents, hosts, and the major symptoms in humans.
 Major Symptoms, System or
Disease Etiology Animal Host
Organs Involved
Bacterial zoonoses
Cattle, horses, sheep,
pigs, dogs, bison, elks, Skin, respiratory organs, or GI
Anthrax Bacillus anthracis
white-tailed deer, goats, tract
and mink

Mycobacterium bovis,
Mycobacterium Cattle, sheep, swine, deer,
Tuberculosis caprae, wild boars, camels, and Respiratory organs bone marrow
Mycobacterium bison
microti

Brucella abortus
Fever, usually high in the
Brucella melitensis, Cattle, goats, sheep, pigs,
Brucellosis afternoon, back pain, joint pain,
Brucella suis, and dogs
poor appetite, and weight loss
Brucella canis,
Rock squirrels, wood rats,
Fever, chills, abdominal pain,
ground squirrels, prairie
Bubonic plague Yersinia pestis diarrhea, vomiting, and bleeding
dogs, mice, voles,
from natural opening
chipmunks, and rabbits
Fever, sweating, muscle aches,
Horses, donkeys, and
Glanders Burkholderia mallei chest pain, muscle tightness, and
mules
headache
Monkeys, rats, mice, and
Leprosy Mycobacterium leprae Skin lesions
cats
Wild and domestic
Fever, abdominal pain, jaundice,
Leptospirosis Leptospira interrogans animals including pet
and red eye
dogs
Rabbits, squirrels,
muskrats, deer, sheep, Joint pain, diarrhea, and dry
Tularemia Francisella tularensis
bull snakes, wild rodents, cough
beavers, cats, and dogs

Arcobacter butzleri,
Arcobacter Cattle, sheep, pigs, and Abdominal pain, fever, and
Arcobacter infections
cryaerophilus, chickens vomiting
Arcobacter skirrowii
Cattle, sheep, horses,
Swelling of lymph nodes, soft
Actinomycosis Actinomyces bovis pigs, dogs, and other
tissues, skin, and abscess
mammals

Bordetella
Bordetellosis Cats and dogs Respiratory problem