Vet Report: A few common diseases can transfer from cattle to people

Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
Sep 14, 2020
Sep 14, 2020

Visitors pet calf — A volunteer holds a calf while Jason Konen, right, of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, shows his kids Ashlyn, 3, and Aiden, 5, how to pet the animal at the 2017 Manitowoc County Breakfast on the Farm.
Josh Clark/The Post-Crescent via AP

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While sitting at the South Dakota State Fair watching all these little kids pet their calves, I got to thinking about what diseases people and cattle can give to each other.

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Dr. Lainie Kringen-Scholtz is Associate Veterinarian at Animal Medical Care in Brookings, South Dakota.

The Vet Report is provided in conjunction with Prairie View Veterinary Clinic with locations in Miller, Redfield, Wessington Springs and Highmore, S.D. Questions? Send an email to owner Eric Knock, DVM, at reknock@venturecomm.net or write 321 E. 14th St., Miller, SD 57362.