Coronavirus In Cats Contagious To Humans

A study has found cats can catch coronavirus and infect each other just like their owners.

Coronavirus in cats contagious to humans. PLOS PathogensPublished online March 30 2016. The feline infections both natural and experimental documented thus far appear to. Updated 1214 3 Apr 2020.

There is currently no evidence that cats can transmit COVID-19 to humans and so owners should not worry unnecessarily. While the specific source of origin isnt known the virus that causes COVID-19 is believed to have started in an animal spread to humans and then spread between people. Surveillance for Sars-CoV-2 in cats should be considered as an adjunct to elimination of of Covid-19 in humans the paper concluded.

First be aware that dogs and cats typically get a different type of coronavirus than SARS-CoV-2. FCoV is caught by inadvertently swallowing the virus through contact with other cats litter trays or soil where other cats have toileted. Cats highly susceptible to infection study finds The Independent.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a few pets including cats and dogs also have been infected with the virus that causes COVID. It is more commonly found in multi-cat households and does not affect other animals or people. This type of coronavirus is different from the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in people.

It generally causes asymptomatic infection but can cause mild diarrhea. These are different strains of the virus and a lot is still unknown about how cats may or may not be affected by the human respiratory coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 formerly called 2019-nCoV that causes COVID-19. Feline infectious peritonitis FIP is a viral disease caused by a feline coronavirus that affects wild and domestic cats.

But it found no evidence to suggest felines could pass Covid-19. Your cat can get COVID-19. The new findings showed that COVID-19 can spread between cats.