Coronavirus In Cats And Dogs

Tests from over 200 cases show more than 40 of infected animals in the US.

Coronavirus in cats and dogs. Covid is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners have the disease research suggests. Cats appear to be more susceptible to COVID-19 than dogs. Based on the information available to date the risk of animals spreading COVID-19 to people is considered to be low.

A few dogs and cats living with COVID-19 patients have tested positive for the presence of virus. The researchers said that previous studies that found that COVID-19 was more common in pets of infected owners than in pets with no such contact point to human-to-pet transmission rather than pet-to-human. According to the Humane Society there are approximately 89 million pet dogs and 94 million pet cats in the US but just 49 confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2.

Cats can be infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and can spread it to other cats but dogs are not really susceptible to the infection say researchers in China. Even worse the cats in the study were able to infect each other. Coronaviruses are not particularly hard to please when it comes to potential hosts -- theyve been detected in many mammal and bird species including dogs and cats as well as livestock like cows.

Officials there have stated. Some coronaviruses such as canine and feline coronaviruses infect only animals and do not infect people. Canine coronavirus CCoV is not the same virus as SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19.

As COVID-19 infects animal populations across the world veterinarians search for. Six cats and seven dogs returned a positive PCR result while 54. Coronavirus in dogs and cats.

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses. SARS-CoV-2 the virus responsible for COVID-19 originated from wild animals likely bats in China. Full coverage of the coronavirus outbreak.