Comment by horsetuna on 25/11/2024 at 11:46 UTC

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View submission: Are there any plagues in domesticated animals that came from human-borne diseases?

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Not sure if they count as domestic but iirc ferrets can catch human flu.

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Comment by iayork at 25/11/2024 at 11:50 UTC

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Yes, there are a vast number of animals that have been infected with influenza from humans - cats, dogs, turkeys, etc etc; similarly COVID has sporadically infected many, many different species. I tried to limit the topic to animals that have been repeatedly or permanently (endemically) infected.