Cats And Coronavirus Bbc News

Good news for pet owners worried about their family or their pets safety.

Cats and coronavirus bbc news. Coronavirus has affected some of our services while we take precautions to keep our cats volunteers employees and the public safe. Were continuing to provide high levels of care for cats in our centres and branches as well as helpful welfare advice to cat owners. Research has shown cats may be able to catch Covid-19.

Iriss Cats In Need in Stoke-on-Trent has received several calls. There isnt a single case of a pet dog or. Cats and dogs may need their own Covid vaccine scientists suggest.

Two pet cats have tested positive for coronavirus in New York state the first pets in the US to contract the infection say officials. Researchers say an increased number of pets with myocarditis were treated at a specialist veterinary hospital in Buckinghamshire during the second wave T he Guardian reports. Some cats cannot stay indoors due to stress-related medical reasons.

The headline of the article suggested that veterinary advice was to keep all cats indoors but BVA has explained this advice is only in relation to cats in infected households or where people are self-isolating. Coronavirus comes as a blessing for cats and dogs and wild animals as China bans eating them SHENZHEN China Reuters The Chinese city of Shenzhen has banned the eating of dogs and cats as part of a wider clampdown on the wildlife trade since the emergence of the new coronavirus. However Julia Hollingsworth of CNN says that current evidence indicates that pet animals are unlikely to be sick from the virus even if they do get infected.

At owners should keep their pets indoors and avoid hugging them to mitigate the spread of coronavirus veterinary scientists have said. Coronavirus can infect a wide range of species including cats dogs mink and other domesticated species experts said. The Kent coronavirus variant may be linked to heart problems in cats and dogs a preliminary scientific study has suggested.

Cat owners fear they will catch coronavirus from their pets with some asking for them to be rehomed an animal charity has said. One percent of all cats die of FIP Dr. Dr Angel Almendros from City University in Hong Kong told BBC News.