If a person is infected with corona, then his or her dogs and cats are also at risk. This claim was made in a recent study. Researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands studied the infection by people infected with coronavirus in foster dogs and cats.
This study has not been published yet. The mobile veterinary clinic took samples of pet animals from infected people. PCR tests of current infection by antibodies in swab samples and blood samples. Antibodies reveal early infection.
The study examined 156 dogs and 154 cats from 196 homes. In the study, six cats and seven dogs (4.2 percent) were infected by PCR tests. At the same time, antibodies were found in 31 cats and 23 dogs (17.4).
If you are infected with corona you should avoid contact with your dogs and cats like other people, said Els Broines of Utrecht University. He said the main concern was not about the health of the animal but about the virus building its own home and then changing the form to reach the human population.
Animals show no symptoms or minor symptoms. Of the 13 people who were infected with pets, 11 were tested again three weeks after the first test. Antibodies were found in 11 of these animals, and their owners admitted they were infected with the corona virus.
