All of the cats that were exposed to COVID-19 as part of a new study contracted the virus within one to three days, researchers found.
The novel coronavirus that has proven to be highly contagious among humans can also spread quickly among cats, new research published Wednesday showed., researchers in the U.S. and Japan led by a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine said healthy cats that interacted with COVID-19-positive cats contracted the virus as soon as one day after exposure. All cats that were exposed tested positive within three days of exposure, researchers said.
"There is a public health need to recognize and further investigate the potential chain of human–cat–human transmission," the study said, citing earlier reports of cats contracting the virus from humans. A cat that is not eating or drinking is assessed at the clinic at the San Diego Humane Society on April 21, 2020 after two cats in New York became the first pets in the U.S. to test positive for the new coronavirus. According to a study published Wednesday, healthy cats can easily contract COVID-19 from other cats that have tested positive for the virus.
"The risk of animals spreading COVID-19 to people is considered to be low," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its guidance for pet owners. The World Health Organization and the World Organization for Animal Health both agreed with the CDC's assessment, saying there has been no evidence so far that humans can contract the virus from their pets and that the primary mode of transmission has been among humans.
Still, the virus' ability to jump from humans to animals has raised questions regarding whether transmission could go in the opposite direction. The first reported case of an animal in the U.S. contracting the virus from a human carrier occurred in early April at the Bronx Zoo, when
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