• Question: Why do animals not get illnesses such as colds and flues?

    Asked by to Del, Catherine, John, Krishna, Mo Rassul on 18 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Adelle Thrower answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      I think they do! they just cant tell you they are ill. A dogs nose is usually wet- a symptom of a dog being ill is if they have a dry nose.

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      John Foster answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      Animals can get flu. In fact birds and pigs commonly get flu. Pigs get symptoms like we do such as a running nose and sneezing/coughing.

      Swine (Pig) Flu was in the news a couple of years ago.
      There is always a chance that the flu could mutate and infect humans too. This is called Zoonosis and it is quite rare but has happened with both bird and pig flu.

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