Cats can infect each other with coronavirus, study finds
[link:https://nypost.com/2020/04/03/cats-can-infect-each-other-with-coronavirus-study-says/|
Note: from NYP.
But other animals — such as dogs, chicken and pigs — are not likely to catch or spread the virus, the study found. And there is no direct evidence that cats would be able to infect people.
“We found that SARS-CoV-2 replicates poorly in dogs, pigs, chickens, and ducks, but efficiently in ferrets and cats,” reads a summary of the study. “We found that the virus transmits in cats via respiratory droplets.”
The study has not yet been peer-reviewed, however, experts not involved in the study said the findings were credible.
Professor Jonathan Ball, a virologist at the University of Nottingham, told The Guardian that similar observations of transmission in cats had been made in relation to the SARS virus.
