LIVESTOCK DISEASES (ANIMAL) DANGEROUS TO HUMAN HEALTH:
Zoonotic Diseases: Disease Transmitted from Animals to Humans. A zoonosis (zoonotic disease or zoonoses -plural) is an infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans (or from humans to animals)
Many pathogens are host specific, meaning they only infect one or two species of animals, such as Theileria parva: only cattle and Cowdria ruminantia : all ruminants.
Other microorganisms cause disease in a large group(s) of animals including humans, such as Salmonella sp, Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
The following are some diseases (germs) of livestock (animals) that also attack humans.
| DISEASE | SOURCE | SPREAD BY | HUMAN DISEASE | HOW TO AVOID | |
| 1 | Kimeta (Anthrax) | Animals with microbes | Carcass/diseased meat | – Fever– Diarrhea– Deaths | Not eating carcasses and sick animals |
| 2 | Beef measlep (Tapeworms,tegu) | Animals with microbes | Animals | – Tapeworms | – The meat should be cooked and seasoned well. |
| 3 | Rabies | Animals with microbes | Bitten by a rabid dog | – Hydrophobia– Paralysis | Vaccination for dogs |
| 4 | Echinococcus-Tegu dogs (tapeworms) | Animals with microbes | Eggs through hands, food | – Hydrated disease– Swelling of the liver, eyes– Brain damage | – Dogs should be dewormed – Remove dog feces immediately |
| 5 | Salmonellosis | Microorganisms in meat, eggs and water Microorganisms in meat, eggs and water | – Typhoid | – Avoid eating eggs from pathogen free flocks– Egg hygiene– Meat inspection | |
| 6 | Colibacillosis | Microorganisms in water, animal feces | – Diarrhea | – Boiling water, milk | |
| 7 | Mastitis (Inflammation of the nipples) | Drink milk | – Scarlet fever (Soar throat) – Lumps in the neck | – Boiling milk | |
| 8 | Brucellosis (inflammation of the stomach) | Drink milk | – Intermittent fever– undulated fever– Malta disease | – Boiling milk | |
| 9 | Parrot fever (Parrotfever) Avian chemydian | Breathing air | – Pneumonia – Abortion (women) | – Wearing a nose mask during service |
