URMC / Animal Resource / Occupational Health and Safety / Zoonoses by Species Zoonoses by Species Zoonoses are diseases that are naturally transmitted between animals and humans. The following are major zoonoses that can be transmitted from commonly used laboratory animals to humans. Rodents Rat Bite Fever Enteric Diseases—Samonellosis, Campylobacteriosis, Giardiasis Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS); Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Ringworm Rabbits Pasteurella infection Ringworm Cats Cat Scratch Disease Pasteurella infection Toxoplasmosis Infections from bites Enteric Diseases—Samonellosis, Campylobacteriosis, Giardiasis Strongyloidiasis Rabies Ringworm Dogs Cat Scratch Disease Pasteurella infection Infections from bites Enteric Diseases—Samonellosis, Campylobacteriosis, Giardiasis Strongyloidiasis Brucellosis Rabies Ringworm Ferrets Enteric diseases—Campylobacteriosis Influenza Tuberculosis Rabies Ruminants (sheep, goats, cattle) Q Fever Contagious Ecthyma (Orf) Pasteurellosis Brucellosis Tetanus Ringworm Pigs Brucellosis Ringworm Non-human Primates Tuberculosis Herpes B Enteric diseases—Campylobacteriosis, Salmonellosis, Shigellosis, Giardiasis, Amebiasis Trichuriasis Strongyloidiasis Hemorrhagic Fevers Ringworm Birds Influenza Pasteurella infection Tuberculosis Bats Rabies Aquatic Species Mycobacteria infections