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. 2012 Dec 28;60(7):519–525. doi: 10.1111/zph.12029

Table 3.

Percentage of respondents indicating that they believed the species is capable of directly transmitting the disease or pathogen

Dogs Cats Pet birds Turtles Other reptiles Pocket Pets Cattle Horses Swine Poultry Wildlife Number of responses
Salmonellosis 63 56 48 97 87 49 54 33 51 92 45 156
EHEC 44 38 9 10 9 17 96 34 46 26 43 149
Campylobacteriosis 71 65 32 11 14 27 64 27 52 81 38 149
Leptospirosis 54 30 12 8 19 38 37 15 41 12 71 107
MRSA 77 65 11 10 8 24 40 37 37 27 26 62
Clostridium difficile 63 50 6 8 10 21 44 35 40 23 31 48
Capnocytophaga spp. 60 36 0 12 12 8 16 8 8 0 40 25
Anaplasma phagocytophilum 37 11 0 4 11 19 22 15 7 0 70 27
Borellia burgdorferi 19 14 3 0 0 5 19 9 5 3 85 74
Neorickettsia risticii 22 9 4 2 7 9 11 22 9 74 30 46
Toxoplasmosis 10 93 9 0 0 5 8 4 9 6 17 138
Cryptosporidiosis 56 52 12 10 11 13 65 35 35 16 62 126
Giardiasis 53 43 9 9 9 11 37 26 27 13 84 139
Roundworms 78 66 2 3 3 14 25 23 42 7 45 103
Hookworms 78 69 2 3 2 7 19 18 35 9 35 94
Dermaphytosis (ringworm) 83 77 7 4 2 15 46 29 26 10 38 82
Rabies 95 90 2 1 1 28 59 61 44 7 86 148
Influenza (any) 11 12 37 1 2 6 10 12 63 76 35 104

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