The first thing we need to determine is what causes encephalitis in dogs. Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain parenchyma caused by an infection. If the dog encephalitis is caused by rabies, pseudorabies, distemper etc; certain bacterial infections such as leptospirosis, listeria etc; certain toxic chemical poisoning such as lead poisoning, parasites migrating to brain tissue and trauma, it is not contagious to humans, if it is caused by zoonotic diseases it is contagious to humans.
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