# Can you get salmonella from holding a baby duck?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-salmonella-from-holding-a-baby-duck/6666>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 29, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-salmonella-from-holding-a-baby-duck/6666 "2000-01-29T20:48:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorge)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-salmonella-from-holding-a-baby-duck/6666/21 "2000-01-31T05:33:00Z")

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But throw in pigs and you have yourself an influenza factory… Ha ! Without an active imagination, huh ? (can’t bring myself to add smiley to indicate joking nature of last comment).

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