Companion animal zoonoses

Question 1

What are different possible ways of transmission?

Answer 1

Aerosol - small particles or droplets in air, inhaled by host or deposited on mucus membranes
Direct contact - bodily fluids of an infected animal
Indirect contact - Coming into contact with places or things that have been contaminated
Vector borne - ticks, fleas, mosquito
Foodborne

Question 2

Give some viral example zoonoses

Answer 2

Cowpox
Rabies 
Orf
Influenza 
Hantaviruses
Louping ill

Question 3

Give some bacterial example zoonoses

Answer 3

Anthrax
Cat scratch disease - Bartonella henselae
Leptospirosis - direct
Mycobacteria - direct
Campylobacter spp - indirect transmission
E.coli - indirect
Salmonella - indirect

Question 4

Which fungi is zoonotic?

Answer 4

Ringworm = Dermatophytosis - indirect

Question 5

Who is the definitive host of toxoplasma gondii?

Answer 5

Cats - indirect/foodborne

Question 6

Who is the definitive, intermediate and accidental host of Echinococcus granulosus

Answer 6

Definitive = dog 
Intermediate = sheep 
Accidental = humans