1. Rabies is a zoonotic disease , caused by the rabies virus. 2. It is a zoonotic disease carried by several domestic and wild animals. 3. Potentially less serious than rabies, but still a dangerous zoonotic disease , is toxoplasmosis. 4. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by bacteria of the genus " Leptospira ". 5. The Bubonic plague, a zoonotic disease , had spread throughout Europe in the early 1900s. 6. Plague is a zoonotic disease , one that affects animals primarily and that infects humans by accident. 7. Bubonic plague is a zoonotic disease , as are salmonellosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Lyme disease. 8. Bubonic plague is a zoonotic disease , primarily infecting rodents and spread by fleas and only occasionally infecting humans. 9. Yersiniosis is mentioned as a specific zoonotic disease to prevent outbreaks in European Council Directive 92 / 117 / EEC. 10. While training the first therapy dogs to be used in hospitals in Arizona, I discovered another zoonotic disease _ strep throat.