Keeping ducks with a pig

[Cameron_8]

Right now I have 7 juvenile pekin ducks living in my large area with my chickens. My 12 week old potbelly pig also lives in the coop and our house. Are there diseases I should be worried about when housing my pigs near my ducks?

 

[3bird]

I do not know the answer to this question in terms of either your ducks' or pig's health, but I bet somebody else does. I do know that keeping pigs and ducks together has been shown to be a vector for SARS transmission to humans.

 

[Ratchnick]

Some diseases like avian flu which can pass from bird you human can also pass to pigs but i would not worry about it.