ZOONOTIC DISEASE

ZOONOSES
• Primarily diseases of animals which can be transmitted to man
• Common in agricultural workers, industrial workers, fish merchants,
veternary surgeons and animal handlers

• SOURCE OF INFECTION
• INFECTED ANIMALS
• CONTAMINATED SOIL,DUST
• MILK AND MEAT OF INFECTED ANIMAL
• HIDES, BONES AND OTHER ANIMAL PRODUCTS
• MODES OF TRANSMISSION
• ANIMAL BITES /LICKS
• EGG
• DIRECT CONTACT
• INGESTION
• INSECTS
• INHALATION

• CLASSIFICATION
• BACTERIAL ZOONOSES
• VIRAL ZOONOSES
• PARASITIC ZOONOSES
• FUNGAL ZOONOSES
BACTERIAL AGENT DISEASE ANIMALS AFFECTED
B.antracis Anthrax Cattle
Brucella sp Brucellosis Goat,sheep,pig
Salmonella sp Salmonelosis Cattle,poultry,pig
Yersinia pestis Plague Rats
Mycobacterium bovis TB cattle
Coxiella burnetti Q fever Sheep and cattle
Rickettsia sp Rickettsial fever Birds,rodents

VIRAL AGENT DISEASE ANIMALS AFFECTED

Rabies virus Rabies Dog cat fox

Japanese encephalitis Japanese encephalitis Pigs,cattle
virus
Influvenza virus influvenza Swine ,horse,birds
PARASITIC AGENTS DISEASE ANIMALS AFFECTED
Echinococcus granulosus Hydatid disease Dog,sheep,cattle

Toxoplasma gondii Toxoplasmosis Dog cat hen

Taenia saginata Taeniasis Pig

Taenia solium Taeniasis Dog

Pllasmodium sp Malaria Animals and birds

Leishmania donovani Leishmaniasis Dog

Fungal agents

Trichophyton sp Dermatophytoses Dog and cat

Microsporum sp Dermatophytoses Dog and cat

Histoplasma capsulatum Histoplasmosis Birds