Yes, cats and dogs can get COVID. Here's what to know about what sort of threat the virus poses to our pets.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID, originated from bats and then, probably after passing through an intermediary host, gained the ability to infect humans.
People are also reading… However the question that concerns many of us in our cozy domesticated worlds, is what sort of threat does the virus pose to cats and dogs, the animals we have the closest relationship with?Both cats and dogs have been found to have been infected with the virus. A number of studies that involved the testing of domestic pets have confirmed the presence of these infections.
How common is it in pets?The question of how common COVID is in animals generally, and in domestic pets, is one being actively explored. They found 52% of the cats, and 41% of the dogs, had antibodies targeted to SARS-CoV-2, suggesting they’d been previously infected with the coronavirus. Cats were more likely than dogs to have contracted COVID in this study, but the authors note there’s a lot of variability in the studies looking into the prevalence of infection in animals.
They generally don’t feel well and the symptoms they experience include coughing and sneezing, lethargy and loss of appetite.
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