ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2022
Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Illness in Cats and Dogs
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- Evaluating the distribution and clustering of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in dogs across the United States of America.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- High SARS-CoV-2 Exposure in Feline Residents of a Cat Café in Texas, United States, 2021-2022.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Repeated detection of SARS-CoV-2 in pet dogs in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria: a cause for vigilance.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Pets of Harris County, Texas, Revealed More Common Pet Infections in Households With Human COVID-19 Cases.Veterinary medicine and science · 2025Article
- Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in cats from COVID-19 positive households in the Lisbon area.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
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- The Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from COVID-19-Diagnosed People to Their Pet Dogs and Cats in a Multi-Year Surveillance Project.Viruses · 2024Article
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- SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in a veterinary health system provides insight into transmission risks.Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 2024Article
- Preliminary Study on the Efficacy of a Recombinant, Subunit SARS-CoV-2 Animal Vaccine against Virulent SARS-CoV-2 Challenge in Cats.Vaccines · 2023Article
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- Demonstration of SARS-CoV-2 Exposure in Korean Native Cattle and Korean Native Black Goats in Korea.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in Domestics and Exotic Animals in Southern France.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- SARS-CoV-2 in Domestic UK Cats from Alpha to Omicron: Swab Surveillance and Case Reports.Viruses · 2023Article
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Abstract
We tested swab specimens from pets in households in Ontario, Canada, with human COVID-19 cases by quantitative PCR for SARS-CoV-2 and surveyed pet owners for risk factors associated with infection and seropositivity. We tested serum samples for spike protein IgG and IgM in household pets and also in animals from shelters and low-cost neuter clinics. Among household pets, 2% (1/49) of swab specimens from dogs and 7.7% (5/65) from cats were PCR positive, but 41% of dog serum samples and 52% of cat serum samples were positive for SARS-CoV-2 IgG or IgM. The likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in pet samples was higher for cats but not dogs that slept on owners' beds and for dogs and cats that contracted a new illness. Seropositivity in neuter-clinic samples was 16% (35/221); in shelter samples, 9.3% (7/75). Our findings indicate a high likelihood for pets in households of humans with COVID-19 to seroconvert and become ill.
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