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Since several years, India being exposed to many Epidemics. Zoonotic diseases are the infection transmitted from animal to human. These diseases can be transmitted by direct or indirect way. Direct transfer of disease is due to the close contact with animal and indirect transfer is by water, air, soil and vehicle used for transport of animals. The cause of the disease may be a virus, bacteria, fungi or other agents. Anthrax, Rabies, Bovine tuberculosis, Japanese encephalitis, Rickettsia, Brucellosis, Plague, Swine-flu and the latest epidemic -Covid-19 etc are some deadly diseases. Zoonosis affects the livestock by killing lot of population throughout the world, hence leading to destroy the economy of the country. Ayurveda being in the fore front of eradicating the root cause of the disease, has recorded its valuable experience in epidemics and termed them as Janapadodhwansa. This article has discussed about the aetiology of zoonotic disease, their impact on human health, Janapadodhwansa and their control measures. We also highlighted Covid-19, a newly emerged zoonotic disease of bat origin, that has devastating effect on human health all over the world.