BBC: Covid common in cats and dogs, study finds
Covid is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners have the disease, research suggests.Swabs were taken from 310 pets in 196 households where a human infection had been detected.Six cats and seven dogs returned a positive PCR result, while 54 animals tested positive for virus antibodies."If you have Covid, you should avoid contact with your cat or dog, just as you would do with other people," Dr Els Broens, from Utrecht University, said."The main concern is not the animals' health but the potential risk that pets could act as a reservoir of the virus and reintroduce it into the human population."Read on…
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Covid is common in pet cats and dogs whose owners have the disease, research suggests.
Swabs were taken from 310 pets in 196 households where a human infection had been detected.
Six cats and seven dogs returned a positive PCR result, while 54 animals tested positive for virus antibodies.
"If you have Covid, you should avoid contact with your cat or dog, just as you would do with other people," Dr Els Broens, from Utrecht University, said.
"The main concern is not the animals' health but the potential risk that pets could act as a reservoir of the virus and reintroduce it into the human population."
