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Jun 09 2010

can dogs catch the flu from humans?

Posted by: Alan in dog flu treatment, tags: catch, dogs, from, humans

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4 Responses to “can dogs catch the flu from humans?”

wolfribbon says:

June 9th, 2010 at 3:18 pm
No, not that I know of. As far as I know, the virus is different in dogs. They can get allergies and pneumonia. i don’t know if they can catch it from us or not, but I know they can get them.
orca7979 says:

June 9th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
No, diseases can not pass from one species to another. They don’t get sick from us and vice versa.

crystal
Needmorelove says:

June 9th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
There ARE actually diseases that you can catch from dogs or give to dogs these are called ZOONOSES. Examples include scabies, brucellosis, leptospirosis, and ringworm. But dogs have not been known to catch flu from humans as of yet. The flu virus is a pretty bad virus in that it is capable of mutating until it can infect a certain species so maybe sometime in the future this may be possible. Ferrets are one animal that can actually catch the human flu and vice versa.
chetco says:

June 9th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
My vet told me that he gets several dogs each season with ‘flu’ symptoms, when ‘flu’ is in the home.