Disease Transmission in Dog

Before dog can contract a disease, they must in some manner be exposed to the infecting organism. Exposure can come about in many ways.

Bacterial diseases may be contracted by a dog eating infected food, by inhaling the bacteria, or by bacteria entering cuts or puncture wounds. If a dog is bitten by another dog, the wounds may fester by the multiplication of bacteria inserted by the tooth. Bacteria may be drawn into the system or they may be present in air passages, waiting for a virus or general loss of resistance to weaken tissue and set up conditions favorable to their growth.'

Some virus diseases can be passed from one dog to another by inhaling one brief sniff of a sick dog's breath, or even by inhaling airing a room in which a sick dog has sneezed and left minute droplets floating about carrying the virus. Other virus diseases can be transmitted by bites, as is what happens in rabies.

Fungus diseases are spread in several ways: by contact, by wind, by water. Suppose your Collie develops a concentric bare spot on its nose. How did it get there? The dog may have pushed its nose against a spot on your infected cat, or it may have rested in a couch where the cat had been lying previously, or a breeze may have blown spores on it. Some-how they settled on the nose and grew. Some of the worst skin diseases dog can get are contracted by its lying on a lawn or rubbing against another dog, or from dust blown on it that contains spores that find away into the skin through fleabites.

The following are some diseases that get transmitted in dogs

Disease Transmission in Dog Information

• Due to disease transmission dogs may suffer from allergic skin and respiratory disorders.


• Dogs suffer from the disease Brucellosis is the disease caused in dogs due to the bacteria named Brucella canis. The bacteria generally spreads from one dog to another through sexual contact and from and birthing process.


• Diarrhea is caused due to various bacteria named Campylobacter and Salmonella. Protozoans like the Giardia may involve intestinal infections in dogs. Failure of the entire organ system occurs at the advanced stage of the disease.


• Dirofilariasis is the name of the disease which is caused by the heart worm that causes serious blockage and occlusion in the pulmonary artery occurs.


• Hookworms get easily transmitted from one dog to another through the feces. An infected dog excretes out thousands of eggs of the hookworm through its stools. The eggs hatch to give out tiny larvae which get into the skin of another dog when it gets in contact.


• Rabies is another disease transmission in dogs. The virus of the disease is present in the saliva and it gets into the bite wound and directly flows through the main blood stream. The virus travels to the nerve, spinal chord and then finally to the brain.


• Scabies mites dug burrows and gorges on the surface of the skin. This may lead to itchy feeling and physical discomfort. The disease is passed through direct body contact.

Being a dog owner you are advised to take proper measures to keep yourself safe from the above mentioned diseases while attending your pet dog.