Transmission |
Organism |
Human symptoms |
Canine symptoms |
Geographic distribution |
Infectious saliva |
Rabies |
Acute progressive encephalitis |
Stages: prodromal, furious, and paralytic |
Worldwide |
Pasteurella |
Skin and soft-tissue infections, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis |
Normal flora of oral cavity |
Worldwide |
Capnocytophaga |
Skin and soft-tissue infections, sepsis, meningitis |
Normal flora of oral cavity |
Worldwide |
Brucella |
Fever of unknown origin; varied and nonspecific symptoms | Similar to human disease |
Worldwide |
Fecal |
Salmonella Cryptosporidium Giardia |
Asymptomatic or gastroenteritis |
Asymptomatic or gastroenteritis |
Worldwide |
Campylobacter |
Abdominal pain and diarrhea |
Asymptomatic or gastroenteritis |
Worldwide |
Toxocara canis |
Visceral larva migrans and ocular larva migrans |
Asymptomatic |
Worldwide |
Ancylostoma caninum |
Cutaneous larva migrans |
Asymptomatic |
Worldwide |
Echinococcus granulosus |
Hydatid cysts, echinococcosis |
Hydatid cysts, echinococcosis |
Most common in ranching areas of the Mediterranean, South America, and Australia |
Dipylidium caninum |
Asymptomatic to abdominal pain, diarrhea, pruritus ani, and urticaria |
Similar to human disease |
Worldwide |