Can Animals Get The Coronavirus

They include pet cats and zoo animals.

Can animals get the coronavirus. However there have been a few cases worldwide where animals likely got the virus from humans. After all the prevailing theory is that the virus got its start in wild animals in China and may have gone under the radar until it made the jump to humans. As the BBC tells us there is a bit of a myth that you might be able to catch the coronavirus from pets.

It is still unclear though if infected animals can transmit the virus to their human owners especially when coronaviruses typically stem from animal-to-human encounters. Coronaviruses infect many animals including pigs domestic and wild birds bats rodents dogs cats and cattle. Some coronaviruses such as canine and feline coronaviruses infect only animals and do not infect people.

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses. The dog cat pig and cattle coronaviruses are very common and do not cause illness in people. In the meantime you can also stay up to.

Well as it stands scientists believe that dogs are not in any relative danger of contracting coronavirus neither are chickens pigs and ducks. The CDC reports that there is no evidence that animals play a significant role in spreading the coronavirus among humans. Both cats and dogs can become infected with the coronavirus.

Some coronaviruses cause cold-like illnesses in people while others cause illness in certain types of animals such as cattle camels and bats. Pets to test positive for the coronavirus raising the question of which animals are susceptible to. About 20 percent of colds are the result of a human coronavirus.

Two cats in New York have become the first US. SARS-CoV-2 the virus responsible for COVID-19 originated from wild animals likely bats in China. There is no evidence that viruses can spread to people or other animals from a pets skin fur or hair.