World Zoonoses Day: 6 July
- World Zoonoses Day is held every year on July 6 to raise awareness for the risk of zoonotic diseases.
- Zoonoses are infectious diseases (virus, bacteria and parasites) that can spread from animals to humans, and vice versa, either with direct contact with animals or indirectly, vector-borne or food-borne.
- It was on July 6, 1885, when Louis Pasteur successfully administered the first vaccine against Rabies virus, which is a zoonotic disease.