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Study confirms cats can become infected with and may transmit COVID-19 to other cats.

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In a study published today (May 13, 2020) in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists in the U.S. and Japan report that in the laboratory, cats can readily become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and may be able to pass the virus to other cats.

Professor of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine Yoshihiro Kawaoka led the study, in which researchers administered to three cats SARS-CoV-2 isolated from a human patient. The following day, the researchers swabbed the nasal passages of the cats and were able to detect the virus in two of the animals. Within three days, they detected the virus in all of the cats.

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snail

Get ready for people abandoning their cats . Should not be allowed to do such cruel experiments.

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judes

I don’t feel three cats is a large enough study to come to any conclusion.

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hypercat54

I keep telling my Breezy cat to social distance but he ignores me.

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Badbessie

I think that a number of studies have already confirmed that cats can transmit Covid between each other. However my cat Dolly is a total house cat and refuses to leave it. She as been antisocial since being rescued and the only human contact she permits is fuss from my daughter.

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Ergendl

My cat social distances at all times from other cats. He's very good at patrolling the garden to keep other cats away.

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Falcon22

I thought cats can get covid from humans ...but humans but it is not transmissible to humans ?

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2greys in reply to Falcon22

Correct according to the research. Cats cannot give it to humans.

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