Zoonotic diseases (zoonoses) are...

• A. The name of a disease that is transmissible from animals to people and/or people to animals.
• B. Diseases that only affect animals.
• C. A disease that can be transmitted between animals and people.
• D. Diseases caused by fungi.

Answer: (C)

Zoonotic diseases are diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans. This captures the idea that the same pathogen or disease can move from animals to people, and in many cases can also move from people back to animals under natural conditions. It’s not about a specific disease name, but about the ability to spread between species. Some options describe zoonoses as affecting only animals or as being caused only by fungi, which isn’t correct; zoonoses can be viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic and can involve transmission to humans.