Covidian Critters
Jul. 21st, 2020 01:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blogcutterCould your cat have COVID-19? Could your dog have it? What about other pets?
According to a recent study out of Dalhousie University, cats - both wild and semi-domesticated - are indeed susceptible to the virus. So are ferrets. Dogs are not. Here is a link to a CBC piece about the research:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-19-study-dalhousie-university-cats-dogs-1.5656228?cmp=rss
Here is a link to the entire article, available through an open access (creative commons) licencing agreement:
https://academic.oup.com/emph/article/doi/10.1093/emph/eoaa021/5866981
It seems domestic cats may in a few cases be carriers, though they don't typically become all that ill from the virus.
I gather Asperger Syndrome is a much more serious threat to cats:
https://www.amazon.ca/All-Cats-Have-Asperger-Syndrome/dp/1843104814/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=%22aspergers+mystery%22&qid=1591590217&s=books&sr=1-11
Fortunately I don't think it's contagious. But maybe that's because people tend to self-isolate when exposed to an Aspy meltdown?
According to a recent study out of Dalhousie University, cats - both wild and semi-domesticated - are indeed susceptible to the virus. So are ferrets. Dogs are not. Here is a link to a CBC piece about the research:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/covid-19-study-dalhousie-university-cats-dogs-1.5656228?cmp=rss
Here is a link to the entire article, available through an open access (creative commons) licencing agreement:
https://academic.oup.com/emph/article/doi/10.1093/emph/eoaa021/5866981
It seems domestic cats may in a few cases be carriers, though they don't typically become all that ill from the virus.
I gather Asperger Syndrome is a much more serious threat to cats:
https://www.amazon.ca/All-Cats-Have-Asperger-Syndrome/dp/1843104814/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=%22aspergers+mystery%22&qid=1591590217&s=books&sr=1-11
Fortunately I don't think it's contagious. But maybe that's because people tend to self-isolate when exposed to an Aspy meltdown?
