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Why is it that people catch our colds/flu but our pets don't?

i am sure there is an explanation...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The explanation, my friend, is that our pets aren't human. Human colds and viruses are not passed on to animals ... much like you can't catch canine parvovirus from your pet dog.

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    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    My canine caught a chilly around an identical time my son did. that's suspicious isn't it? yet definitely, the ailment is species particular, so probability is very stable that no, your canine did no longer capture a chilly from you, yet might o.k. have gotten smaller an identical ailment from yet another animal. that's beneficial to envision the link decrease than as to one in each of those ailments your canine can settlement.

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