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Can humans catch colds from chickens?

Updated: 8/11/2023
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Yes. animals can get the same illnesses as humans although it is often a different strain or mutation of the disease. Take bird flu or Swine Flu as an example, it was the same virus but a different strain.

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by fleas and flus it can be passed down to any human

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Some zoonotic diseases are found only in animals, while others (such as the flu) are shared with humans.

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yes animals can catch colds from humans just like we catch stuff from them

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Yes if the chicken has some sort of disease.

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