Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C2362512
MEDLINEPLUS: <p>Animal diseases that people can catch are called zoonoses. About 75 percent of the new diseases affecting humans in the past decade can be traced to animals or animal products. You can get a disease directly from an animal, or indirectly, through the environment.</p><p>Farm animals can carry diseases. If you touch them or things they have touched, like fencing or buckets, wash your hands thoroughly. Adults should make sure children who visit farms or petting zoos wash up as well. </p><p><a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pethealth.html'>Pets</a> can also make you sick. Reptiles pose a particular risk. Turtles, snakes and iguanas can transmit <em><a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/salmonellainfections.html'>Salmonella</a></em> bacteria to their owners. You can get <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/rabies.html'>rabies</a> from an infected dog or <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/toxoplasmosis.html'>toxoplasmosis</a> from handling kitty litter of an infected