# Do Dogs Get Swine Flu?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 27, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dogs-get-swine-flu/494481 "2009-04-27T11:37:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dogs-get-swine-flu/494481/1 "2009-04-27T11:37:47Z")

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Since dogs live in close contact with humans, and are physiologiclly similar to humans, can they also catch swine flu?

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**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dogs-get-swine-flu/494481/2 "2009-04-27T12:49:29Z")

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From what I’ve read around the web it appears that influenza is species specific. Cat-\>Cat Dog-\>Dog but no cases of cat/dog-\>human _that I could find_. So, unless someone else comes by citing otherwise, I don’t think you should panic about pet transmissions.