Did you know cats and dogs get COVID too?!

[iemanja]

I feel like I'm late in learning about this.

Our cats contracted COVID-19 at higher rates than dogs as the virus spread, a new study from the University of Minnesota concludes.

What's new: Researchers at the U's College of Veterinary Medicine looked for antibodies in blood samples taken from hundreds of cats and dogs between April and June of 2020.

About 8% of cats and less than 1% of dogs showed evidence of past infection.
Why it matters: Pets "can be the source of a range of infectious diseases," so determining how susceptible they are to COVID-19 — and the virus' prevalence among them — could have "significant impacts for both human and animal health," wrote professor Hinh Ly, a co-author of the research paper, in a statement.

From the Axios Twin Cities newsletter.

Full study here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21505594.2021.1936433?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_minneapolis&stream=top&

[I_UndergroundPanther]

1. It would totally crush me

If I caught covid and I'd
Have to avoid Othello.

He gets concerned when I get sick and he wants to comfort me,make sure I'm ok and to sleep with me.

He gets upset if I suffer. He's concerned and wants to investigate and make sure I am ok.

Having to shut him out away from me,that would hurt both of us.

If you have a pet that loves you, and you love them just wear the damn mask and distance from people dammit!

[polmaven]

5. And....

GET VACCINATED!!!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

9. Yeah get vaccinated!

I'm already all vaxxed up. Hope you are too Polmaven

[polmaven]

10. I am!

I have been fully vaccinated since March 6!

[Tree Lady]

2. Makes me glad my cat is indoors nt

[liberal_mama]

3. I knew! I told my husband, an essential worker, to stay away from my cat because I was worried he

might be infected and infect my sweet little Maya cat.

[Mosby]

4. Corona viruses are usually found in animals.

Covid 19 is one of the exceptions that affects humans because of the spike protein that attaches to ace2 receptors in our lungs.

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Coronaviruses-and-Animals.aspx

[Silent3]

6. This is why we don't take our cats out to dinner, out to the movies, grocery shopping...

...and geez, trying to get them to wear masks!

[PortTack]

7. I spent 31 hrs on Amtrak Dec '19. Was sick sick, my cat was sick a few days later

Fever, respiratory distress, sneeze/cough. Antibiotics didn’t really help him until they added steroids. The vet said she’d not see an indoor cat quite so sick and wasn’t sure what it was.

[Phoenix61]

8. My cat Mia got really sick and she was diagnosed with asthma.

Her O2 level was really low and she was having a hard time breathing. She was 7, had never had allergies or a hx of any kind of respiratory issues. She got prednisone and I had to nebulize her. Now I’m wondering if she had covid. I wasn’t ever sick but …

[Lemon Lyman]

11. :-)

I’m thrilled she made it through!

[niyad]

12. weren't some of the big cats at the Bronx Zoo sick with covid early on? Caught from

an employee who was feeding them?