What diseases etc can humans/dogs/cats/horses/cattle get from chickens

[healthyasdotme]

Eeek

I started going through this topic to find out what has happened to my friends chick's eye and got quite stressed at some of the diseases etc there are. Can any of these pass to humans/dogs/cats/horses/cattle? If so what are they and how do you prevent them...
Thanks, one stressed chook mummy

 

[ailurophile23]

I was so just thinking of asking this same question - what diseases can be shared between species? We have chickens, cats, horses, dogs and are looking to add cows to the mix. I figured lots of folks on BYC are in the same boat. Can't wait to see the answers.

 

[Ksane]

Google is your friend.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=zoonoses+diseases

 

[The Yakima Kid]

Well, you can start with lice. B^)

Poultry litter and plate waste fed to poultry can spread Mad Cow disease if ruminants gain access.

According to the Penn State U veterinary school, few poultry diseases spread to people.

Infectious diseases of poultry species that can directly infect humans are chlamydiosis, Newcastle
disease, erysipelas, and avian tuberculosis. (In very recent years, certain strains of highly
pathogenic avian influenza have directly infected and caused deaths in a few people in Asia and
Europe, but this problem has never been documented in North America.) Of these,
CHLAMYDIOSIS (also called psittacosis or parrot fever) is the most serious. It is caused by the
bacteria Chlamydia psittaci. Pet bird species (psittacines) are much more likely to be infected with
the organism and pass it on to their owners and handlers than are most other avian species. These
comprise the bulk of human exposure cases of chlamydiosis. Wild bird reservoirs of C. psittaci
include sea gulls, ducks, herons, egrets, and pigeons. Of domestic poultry, turkeys are the most
common species known to be productively infected. Very few confirmed chicken cases have ever
been cited. Minor species such as ducks, pheasants and pigeons have been reported to have disease
problems related to infection with C. psittaci.

Other possibilities include anthrax and West Nile virus.

 

[QuinnP]

Gotta-Get-More-Chickens-itis

 

[aoxa]

I've gotten campylobacter from my dogs eating chicken poo + kissing me on the mouth

Yeah.. 3 months of recovery and 1 week in the hospital (in isolation no less!)

Just don't let your dogs eat the poo..

 

[CMV]

Some of the diseases that chickens can give to humans

 

[flowerchild59]

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EEEKKKK, what story did you tell them at the hospital

No one has mentioned round worms and all the worms that can infect humans.

 

[sourland]

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No, just don't let your dogs kiss you on the mouth.

Their tounges can reach all of their body parts. Just sayin'.

 

[anderson8505]

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You can get this from raw chicken from the grocery store, cat & dog feces, and other ways as well.


You'll be fine healthyasdotme.

Wash your hands after handling your chickens. Don't put your face on them. Use common sense and keep things neat and clean.