We're all familiar with the word "zoonosis,” the transmission of an infectious disease from an animal to a human being, for example, rabies. And now we have a "new" word, “anthropozoonosis,” the transmission of an infectious disease from a person to an animal.
Anthropozoonosis is not new, it's actually been around for centuries, just not readily recognized. But the current H1N1 pandemic flu has really made this very evident - so far, people have passed the flu virus on to pigs, turkeys and ferrets.We already knew that people could give the flu to pigs, but the pandemic H1N1 flu has been passed on from people to pigs in several countries. The first case ocurred not long after the current H1N1 crisis started and I don't think we've seen the last of it.
We now have two cases of the H1N1 flu being passed from humans to turkey breeders. The thing that disturbs me most is that it happened on breeder farms - where biosecurity is very strictly practiced. ... Read the full blog on AnimalAgNet.
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