TUBERCULOSIS

IF DOGS come i into contact with an infected cow, get into a fight with a diseased badger or eat meat infected with the bacteria, they can develop tuberculosis — a and pass the potentially deadly lung disease on to you.

The risks are tiny, but real. In 2013, a child caught TB from a family dog in gloucestershi gloucestershire. The child, who was under ten, made a full recovery, but the dog was put down.