The corona virus in pets

[CountAllVotes]

I have read things in/around the internet re: dogs and cats that test positive for the corona virus.

It is acted as if it is some sort of a huge shock. It is not.

The corona virus is very common in dogs and cats, especially ones that come from shelters, breeders and other crowded places.

I had a cat that lived to be 10 years old. She fell ill and I didn't know what the cause of her sickness was from so I took her to the vet and he too was baffled. He ran some tests on her and she tested positive for the corona virus.

He told me that she had been exposed to it at some point in her life (she was from a kill shelter and sick when I got her) and that her immune system had fought it off so she never got sick from it.

Had her immune system not fought it off she would have died of what is known today as FIP (Feline Infectious Peritonitis), an illness that is found in kittens. It is deadly and recovery from FIP is rare.

As to the reason my cat was sick, well I figured that out after she died not long afterwards. She was poisoned by the flea preparations that you put on animals. It also sickened my other two cats so I know it was from this garbage flea poison.

I hope this message helps some to understand the reality of corona virus in pets. It is most certainly not a death sentence nor is it transmittable when lying dormant as was the case of my late cat.

[Freddie]

1. My beloved Freddie died of FIP

I think he got it from one of our other cats who had been a stray. She died about a year before Freddie got sick but we thought it was just old age. Freddie was only 9. The virus was dormant in him all that time.

[CountAllVotes]

2. Sorry to read this

I too lost a cat to FIP.

It was a kitten I had adopted named "Patches". I had also adopted another one from a different place that seemed rather lackluster.

I found another home for cat #2 and kept Patches.

Not long after this, Patches fell ill and died of FIP.

Patches was about 8 weeks old.

A kitten does not have a developed immune system, hence the reason they don't always fight FIP off.

It came from having the corona virus which became deadly.

Again, sorry for you loss!

[Freddie]

3. It's an awful disease

I read that if they die of it it’s either young kittens or cats over age 10. Freddie was almost 10. So sorry for your loss.
I’ve had many cats over the years and only had one kitten die. He had just been taken in by the rescue group and been treated for fleas, but he had a severe allergy to fleas and developed flea anemia; the allergy does something to their blood cells. Vet said an adult cat can survive this but a young kitten cannot. I told the rescue people what happened (in case it happened to other kittens) and they gave me another kitten with no fees. That kitten was my Freddie.

[CountAllVotes]

4. Awww ......

That is so sad!

I adopted another kitten myself from that same shelter 3 years ago.

I am so glad I did as she was sick too but she is AOK today thank god!

[Boomer]

6. Just lost our kitten due to FIP

We had to put our 6mos old kitten to sleep just this past weekend. She had FIP and was burning up with fever, her lungs filling with fluid.

I'm still angry about it. Angry that such a sweet kitten developed a fatal disease, angry that we've lost her. The other cats are wandering the house, still looking for her.

[irisblue]

5. Honk Kong Dog diagnosed with Covid 19

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/a-dog-in-hong-kong-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus-who-confirms.html

Snip--KEY POINTS
WHO confirmed that a dog in Hong Kong has tested "weakly positive" for COVID-19.
Hong Kong scientists aren't sure if the dog is actually infected or if it picked up the virus from a contaminated surface.
Swabs of its nasal and oral cavities tested "weak positive," Hong Kong agriculture officials said.


Snip--"The dog reportedly belongs to a 60-year-old woman who developed symptoms on Feb. 12 and later tested positive, according to The Wall Street Journal. Hong Kong's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said the dog doesn't have any symptoms. Swabs of its nasal and oral cavities tested "weak positive," it said in a statement Friday. The dog is under quarantine at a facility at a port in Hong Kong and will be returned to the owner once it tests negative for the virus, according to the agency.

As a precaution, the Hong Kong government said it would quarantine all cats, dogs and other domesticated animals in a holding facility if their owners test positive and were quarantined for COVID-19."

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7. Coronavirus spreads among dogs as racing greyhounds catch disease (not Covid-19)

Greyhound Racing Victoria (GRV) said greyhounds in Geelong have contracted canine coronavirus – a type that is not fatal and not transferable to humans.

Cases of canine coronavirus have been recorded in dogs since the 1970s and present in Australia for a number of years. Infected dogs suffer with gastroenteritis-type symptoms including vomiting and diarrhoea. It is not linked to the current outbreak of Covid-19 which originated in China.

All greyhounds that arrive in the state of Victoria are to be put into isolation to keep the virus from spreading between animals, GRV said. It hopes the move will protect the health and welfare of the dogs impacted and those at risk of infection.

The property where the infected greyhounds were living has reportedly been temporarily shutdown following the outbreak. GRV chief executive Alan Clayton told Australian news outlet 9News: ‘Although the virus is currently isolated to one property only, we have taken these steps to ensure the welfare of the dogs as well as the maintenance of the racing fields.’


Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/02/coronavirus-spreads-among-dogs-racing-greyhounds-catch-disease-12332281/