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United Arab Emirates English. United States. For Dogs. For Cats. About Hill's. Media Press Releases Media Kit. Other Careers. Published by. Can a Dog Get a Cold from a Human? Let's take a look at one of the most common dog colds: Kennel Cough A highly contagious respiratory disease, kennel cough is often contracted when dogs are boarded or spend time in a place with numerous dogs, such as a dog show or training class.
Since then, a handful of domestic animals, including dogs, cats, and ferrets, were diagnosed with H1N1 that all supposedly contracted the illness from their ill owners. However alarming this may be, these were isolated cases and certainly not reflective of the norm.
So is it possible? Yes, but it's not likely. Instead, focus on getting yourself well and remember to get your annual flu shot to help prevent illness in the first place. Lastly, as I discussed last week, be sure to monitor your dog for signs of hypothermia and frostbite this winter - they're much more real dangers than the flu.
Have a healthy week and be sure to give your four-legged friend a big hug for me. She has worked in a variety of veterinary practices, with both small and large animals.
Through her experiences she has found a passion for health communication in the veterinary field as well as educating owners on animal health and wellness. Last year, thousands of people suffered from symptoms including a high fever, chills and fatigue—classic signs of the flu. Some 2, people in the United States were hospitalized for influenza during the last flu season—an incentive for many of us to get an annual flu vaccine, to avoid both getting sick and potentially passing on the flu to family members.
And, of course, there is concern about the health of the animals. But, as it turns out, many diseases can also act as so-called reverse zoonoses, or anthroponoses , contagiously jumping from humans to other animals. Though research is somewhat mixed, the short answer is, yes, you can potentially give your pet the flu , even though such cases are rare. Both are extremely contagious viruses that affect the respiratory system primarily," Dr.
Fox says that the majority of dogs exposed to the canine flu virus become infected, and up to 80 percent will come down with symptoms, such as coughing, sneezing, fever, lethargy, and poor appetite. Luckily, the mortality rate remains relatively low at around 10 percent, she notes.
Even though the risk for human-to-pet transmission seems rare, scientists from Oregon State University wrote in a press release on their research that h umans passing illnesses to animals , a process called reverse zoonosis, can happen.
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