Covid 19 And Pets
Advice for people in england with animals advice for pet owners and livestock keepers on looking after the welfare of animals during the coronavirus covid 19 pandemic.
Covid 19 and pets. Worldwide there have been over 16 million humans infected with covid 19 but only around 15 pets. Most of those pets showed no signs of illness at all and those that did only developed very mild symptoms. This happened mostly after the animals were in close contact with people infected with the covid 19 virus. It is again expected that the covid 19 era of less public movements by people will translate into individuals and families having more interactions with their pets.
Given that we are in the midst of a covid 19 outbreak and animal based coronaviruses do exist people are naturally concerned that they could contract the disease from their pets and vice versa. Further evidence for how pets might contract covid 19 comes from a study by researchers at the harbin veterinary research institute in china published in the journal science on april 8. Covid 19 is caused by a strain of coronavirus called sars cov 2.