Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Can humans catch bovine tuberculosis from animals


Can humans catch bovine tuberculosis from animals?
and how do they catch it
Infectious Diseases - 1 Answers
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Yes they can. One way is through infected milk which is why milk is commonly pastuerized today. I have family in Ireland who are cattle farmers and the cattle are regularly checked for this illness since it is quite dangerous. Smallpox is another disease that may have been a mutation of an earlier bovine disease, cowpox. Humans can also get anthrax from farm animals and also contract Brucellosis. These types of illness are called zoonotic



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