Kennel Cough Dog To Humans

[Sagittarian]

Any links to qualified information about whether humans can catch kennel cough from their dogs.

It is to settle a debate so would love some help please. :D

Sags

:)

[OSoSwift]

Any links to qualified information about whether humans can catch kennel cough from their dogs.

It is to settle a debate so would love some help please. :D

Sags

:)

I have always been told it won't transfer between but have no qualified info. I am interested to see some though :)

[Mrs Rusty Bucket]

I think you can get Hendra from a dog (or horse or bat).

Not kennel cough. Will do some googling. I always say the most unhygienic disease ridden creature you can share space with - is another human. Ie people that want to ban pets or dogs for health reasons are banning the wrong critters.

[Mrs Rusty Bucket]

OK - if you're really crook / immune compromised you can get kennel cough from a rabbit.

http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/kennel-cough-in-dogs

canine infectious tracheobronchitis

Just as human colds may be caused by many different viruses, kennel cough itself can have multiple causes. One of the most common culprits is a bacterium called Bordetella bronchiseptica m-- which is why kennel cough is often called Bordetella.

Most dogs that become infected with Bordetella are infected with a virus at the same time.

these vaccines may help, they do not guarantee protection against kennel cough or infectious tracheobronchitis because it can be caused by so many different kinds of bacteria and viruses.

zoonotic kennel cough - oh dear

http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/pbs/zoonoses/Bordetella/bordetellaindex.html

ps

bordetella bronchiseptica is related to the more severe bordetella pertussis aka whooping cough

put this:

canine Bordetella bronchiseptica zoonotic zoonoses

into google scholar

https://scholar.google.com.au

http://www.gopetsamerica.com/dog-health/zoonoses_dogs.aspx

A number of bacterial zoonoses are transmitted to people by dogs. Bordetellosis is caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica bacterium. B. bronchiseptica is a frequent cause of bronchopneumonia in animals that may generate infectious aerosols. Fever, abdominal pain, watery or bloody diarrhea, occasionally chronic colitis, and arthritis are seen. The disease can be transmitted from infected animals to humans by infected droplets. In dogs the bacterium causes kennel cough, whereas the human illness can range in severity from mild respiratory symptoms to pneumonia; carrier state may exist.

http://scholar.google.com.au/scholar?hl=en&q=canine+Bordetella+bronchiseptica+zoonotic+zoonoses&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=

Edited December 15, 2014 by Mrs Rusty Bucket

[Rappie]

Yes to Bordatella but it usually requires significant immune compromise. Cats can also become infected with it.

[Dame Aussie]

That's freaky, one of my dogs was sick with kennel cough at the same time I had pneumonia....

[Dame Aussie]

Most likely a coincidence but it was kind of funny!

[Sagittarian]

Thank you all!