Translations:Basic Field Epi: Manual/143/en

  • Examples of contagious diseases include Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). These diseases can pass from one animal to another directly.
  • Examples of infectious diseases that are not contagious include Tetanus, Anthrax, and Liver fluke infection. These diseases cannot be passed directly from one animal directly to another. With these diseases, infected animals contaminate the environment, and other animals get the disease from this environmental contamination.