An Overview Bacterial Zoonotic Diseases

Bacterial zoonotic diseases are infections transmitted from animals to humans through direct contact, contaminated food, water, vectors, or aerosols. Major diseases include anthrax, brucellosis, cat scratch disease, Lyme disease, mycoplasma pneumonia, plague, psittacosis, Q fever, salmonellosis, tularemia, and zoonotic tuberculosis. These illnesses can affect the respiratory, digestive, nervous, and circulatory systems, causing symptoms ranging from fever and diarrhea to severe pneumonia and systemic infection. Prevention includes proper hygiene, food safety, animal vaccination, vector control, pasteurization, early diagnosis, and public health surveillance to reduce transmission and protect human and animal health.