| Animals involved | Transmission pathways | Prevention | |
| Rabies | Domestic and wild carnivorous mammals, including bats. | Direct contact such as a bite. | Seek vaccination before contact. Avoid contact with potentially infected animals |
| Hantavirus | Rodents | Bites. Inhaling aerosolized virus from urine, feces, or saliva. | Wear gloves when handling rodents |
| Mosquito-borne Encephalitis | Mosquitos | Bites | Use mosquito repellant |
| Tuberculosis | Domestic animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, dogs, and cats. Wild mammals such as boars, deer, and antelopes. | Inhalation of aerosolized bacteria from urine, feces, or saliva. Consumption of unpasteurized dairy products. | Avoid close contact with infected animals. Avoid unpasteurized dairy products. |
| Leprosy- Hansen’s Disease | Armadillos | Inhalation of bacteria spores. | Avoid close contact with infected individuals. |
| Cryptococcosis | Birds, such as pigeons. | Inhalation of disease-causing fungus from aerosolized bird droppings. | Avoid inhaling aerosolized bird droppings. |
| Raccoon Roundworm – Baylisascaris Infection | Raccoons. | Contact with infected raccoon feces. Or consumption of infected raccoon feces. | Avoid consumption of contaminated food. Avoid contact with raccoons. Call a professional to remove raccoons. |
| Rat-bite fever | Rodents such as rats and mice. | Bite from an infected rodent. Consumption of food products contaminated by rodent excrement. | Avoid rodents. |
| Rickettsialpox | Mites on infected rodents. | Bite from an infected mite. | Reduce mice populations near your home. |
| Histoplasmosis | Fungus spores released from dried bird or bat droppings. | Inhalation of fungus spore. | Reduce bird roosts near human populations. Clean out old roosts with the help of professionals. |
| Ornithosis | Wild birds, poultry, and pet birds | Inhalation of dust which contains droppings or secretions of infected birds. | Avoid breathing in dust that contains bird droppings or secretions. |
| Psittacosis | Wild birds, poultry, and pet birds | Inhalation of dust which contains droppings or secretions of infected birds. | Avoid breathing in dust that contains bird droppings or secretions. |
| Influenza Flu (H1N1) | Wild birds, poultry, pigs. | Inhalation of dust which contains droppings or secretions of infected animals. | Avoid breathing in dust that contains droppings or secretions of infected animals. |
| Carecarial Dermatitis – Swimmer’s Itch | Wild birds and mammals that live around water such as geese, ducks, wading birds, beavers, and muskrats. | Swimming in contaminated water. | Avoid contaminated water. |
source: https://www.crittercontrol.com/resources/wildlife-zoonotic-diseases