Cats Positive Covid 19

The killing of three pet cats in China after they tested positive on a nucleic test for has created a public outcry.

Cats positive covid 19. The Zoo said the. As yet poorly understood changes in the virus can give rise to mutants that lead to the development of feline infectious peritonitis FIP. Preliminary research shows that cats are more prone to COVID-19 infection whereas other animals such as dogs are far more resistant to the novel coronavirus.

Local authorities in northeastern Heilongjiang province euthanized three cats owned by a COVID-19 patient after the pets also tested positive for the virus The Beijing News reported Tuesday. Lions and tigers at the Smithsonians National Zoo have tested presumptive positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. This marks the first time a pet has tested positive for the virus in the United States.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a few pets including cats and dogs also have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. The cat owner surnamed Liu was quarantined at a hospital in Harbin last Tuesday and had asked staff from her residential community to check on the pets according to the media. They found that 67 of the pet cats 32 out of 48 cats tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies as did 43 of the pet dogs 23 out of 54 dogs.

Mrs Lui had left her three pet cats at home with food and water when she. This happened mostly after the animals were in close contact with people infected with the COVID-19 virus. 21 and the local disease control agency euthanised her three cats which also tested positive later despite her objections Beijing News.

Another cat in the household has shown no signs of illness. None of the cats actually tested positive for COVID-19 or displayed obvious symptoms and according to the results of return visits none of these felines have died. They argued that they had to end the cats lives in order to make Lius apartment virus-free.

The authorities in Harbin said the action was taken because there was no available treatment for animals with the disease and they would have endangered their owner and other residents of the apartment complex in which they lived Beijing News. Two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for COVID-19 the disease caused by coronavirus. The severity of disease caused SARS-CoV-2 infection in cats is unclear.