Zoonoses or anthropozoonoses is defined as the disease or infection that is transmitted from animals to man, and vice versa, in a direct or indirect manner.

Spain as a European Union member participates in a common system of measures for protection against specified zoonoses and zoonotic agents that are transmitted from animals to humans through food.

These measures are based primarily on two aspects:

•  A system of monitoring and reporting of zoonoses and zoonotic agents.
• Some control programs, control and eradication of certain zoonoses in animals.

More information:

- Surveillance and control

- Control  programs

- Reports of sources and trends

- National Center for Food: Zoonoses transmissible through food

- Legislation

Notas de prensa:

- National Report on sources and trends of zoonoses and zoonotic agents in animals and foods and outbreaks of foodborne illness in humans. Year 2007

- Experts warn on new animal diseases