Risk of People Spreading Coronavirus to Pets

A small number of pets worldwide, including cats and dogs, have been reported to be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19, mostly after close contact with people with COVID-19

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, infecting various mammals. Even the pandemic covid 19 infection caused by Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is assumed to be originated from animal source then transmitted to humans.

As the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor eased the coronavirus entry, diverse domestic animals were infected. this was explained based on the documentation of workplace human to animal transmission in zoos and farms.so to know more about this transmission in a household, a recent community-based study was conducted in US and published in bioRxiv preprint server for biology.

https://www.medindia.net/news/human-to-cat-transmission-of-the-virus-that-causes-covid-19-study-200910-1.htm
People have transmitted SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, to cats during the pandemic in the UK. Given the ability of the coronavirus to infect companion animals, it will be important to monitor for human-to-cat, cat-to-cat and cat-to-human transmission.

‘The virus that causes COVID-19 can spread from people to animals in some situations, mostly during close contact.’

The researchers surveyed human and animal demographics and clinical parameters, human-animal contact, aspects in their shared environment. They collected blood samples and nasopharyngeal swabs from 67 dogs in 46 households. The results were 14 dogs had mild illness and SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were detected in 22 dogs.

“As vaccine roll-out continues and human-to-human transmission wanes, and in preparation for the next pandemic of zoonotic origin, rigorous characterization of the nature of human-animal contact within households, and the implications of this contact for disease transmission, is critical.”

The results of the survey discovered that transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in pet animals are frequent in a population with acquaintance to animals. So it is mandatory to safeguard the pets from infected person as there is a risk of household transmission.

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Transmission rates of SARS-CoV-2 are much higher indoors than outdoors and transmission is greatly reduced by indoor ventilation, air filtration, reducing crowding and the amount of time people spend indoors, wearing masks whenever indoors, attention to mask quality and fit, and higher-grade PPE.

Source-Medindia

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