Cats And Coronavirus Cnn

The feline coronavirus typically is asymptomatic but can cause mild diarrhea.

Cats and coronavirus cnn. CNN Cats can infect other cats with the novel coronavirus but they may not show any symptoms according to a study published Wednesday. Now two pet cats in New York state have tested positive for coronavirus. Yes cats and ferrets can catch coronavirus and maybe carry it but they are dead ends when it comes to transmitting to people experts say.

The cats positive tests came a little more than two weeks after another New York cat a Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo became the first confirmed coronavirus case in a US. Lions tigers and house cats oh mySeven tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo in New York developed dry coughs and other symptoms of coronavirus after being exposed to a zookeeper asymptomatically. Both had mild.

May 26 2020. The findings add to a. It isnt particularly fussy when it comes to infecting mammals.

The virus is able to hijack. Feline infectious peritonitis or FIP can cause flu-like symptoms for. However Julia Hollingsworth of CNN says that current evidence indicates that pet animals are unlikely to be sick from the virus even if they do get infected.

CNN Two cats in New York have been infected with the novel coronavirus federal officials announced Wednesday. Last month a small unpublished study from the University of Guelph in Canada found that companion cats and dogs appeared to be infected by their sick owners judging by antibodies to the coronavirus detected in their blood. Both had mild respiratory.

One can cause feline infectious peritonitis in cats and something called a pantropic canine coronavirus can infect cats and dogs according to. As for cats ABC News explains that theyre also in the cant pass on the virus camp though they can also test positive for low levels of coronavirus courtesy of their owners. The two infected cats had respiratory symptoms.