Coronavirus Pets. This happened mostly after the animals were in close contact with people infected with the covid 19 virus. Usually most of those strains are found in the gastrointestinal tract of the cat and do not cause significant disease.
Risk of people spreading the virus that causes covid 19 to pets. These strains are known as a feline enteric coronavirus. A pet health insurance company reported that it has not seen an increase in respiratory claims or any other type of health claim in pets since the pandemic began.
This happened mostly after the animals were in close contact with people infected with the covid 19 virus.
Covid 19 is caused by a strain of coronavirus called sars cov 2. Worldwide there have been over 16 million humans infected with covid 19 but only around 15 pets. Some coronaviruses such as canine and feline coronaviruses infect only animals and do not infect humans. This happened mostly after the animals were in close contact with people infected with the covid 19 virus.
