I think there is less of a risk with these animal diseases than there is with humanoid STD's. I think it is actually a lot safer with animals than it is with humans.

Just go to the doctor then...don't mess around with your health. Just tell them your dog was sick awhile back, that he had a bad cut that you had to clean and bandage and you got blood on you. Mention that while searching for info on your symptoms you found an animal disease that seemed to match some symptoms. I'm fairly sure if you could get it from semen or sexual contact you could certainly get it from blood as well, so just use that to your advantage. Just be clear with him that you did have contact with canine blood and that you think it's a long-shot but that you REALLY want to see how to get tested because of concerned you are about it. A doctor isn't going to assume you're screwing an animal if you give a good explaination from the start about how you had contact with infected fluids.


Also, I can see why the mods contacted and suspended you to be honest, so try not to make it worse for yourself by publicly mentioning it further.

Brucellosis is a reportable disease, so they are generally pretty careful about it.

Great advice EV, about everything.

Garurumon...I don't think the only way you could get such a thing is sexual contact...it can be contracted among animals by ingesting grass from where an infected animal has given birth....so there is a possibility of a contact with the ground being the reason...If YOU think you have this disease, I urge you to go get checked...it can be contagious and it's responsible for spontaneous miscarriage in Cattle and some other mammals...so any female you might have close contact with is also at risk...If the Doctor asks...just tell him about the picnic you had last summer and stick to that...but please, don't be a " Typhoid Mary" because you're afraid of what the Doctor might think... simply don't volunteer anything he doesn't ask you for. I wouldn't even mention a dog unless he asks...and have you had your dog checked to see if he's a carrier?


BTW..Google is a far better source than Wikipedia...many of the wiki articles I've read have been pure unadulterated B.S.

This post has been edited by saddlebum66 on May 8 2008, 05:03 AM

The Disease also varies from animal mostly Dog, and deer, and also Horse, Animal sex is probably more safe at a cellular level rather than physical seeing your more likely to get kicked in the head trying to do something then to catch some weird thing.