Direct transmission of diseases (such as flu) from animals to humans certainly can happen: thats why I wrote "this can happen" in my comment. However, its not a

Direct transmission of diseases (such as flu) from animals to humans certainly can happen: thats why I wrote "this can happen" in my comment. However, its not a significant vector in the spread of antibiotic resistance. BTW, Chicken Pox affects only humans and some other primates. The virus that causes it, varicella zoster, doesn't infect chickens or other fowl. And, being a virus, it has nothing to do with antibiotic resistance either.