disease transmission

Question
I have a dog with a primary hyperlipidemia and his immune system is not the strongest.  I was considering a job in a vet clinic... I was wondering if it would be a bad idea, since there are so many diseases going around.  How likely is it that I could transfer something to my dog?  How often do people who work in these settings get infected with diseases themselves due to contact with patients?

I want to make sure I don't put my dog in danger.

Thanks

Answer
The worst things that you can bring home to a dog like that is parvo or distemper. Older dogs already have immune systems that are compromised. Make sure that your dog is vaccinated for both of those diseases.

Older dogs can still get both of these diseases, so current vaccinations are important.

As far are yourself contracting things, anyone that works with animals has a higher rate of contacting many things, such as:

plague, ringworm, rabies (you have to be bit for that), cat scratch fever, and other viruses from handling rabbits, etc. You cannot pick up primary diseases such as hepatic lipidosis or anything like that. You can Google zoonosis and see what else you could possibly get.

Hyperliidemia is fat in the blood. While there can be organic reasons for this it is mainly diet related.

I hope that this answers your questions.