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For someone who understand how viruses target hosts, if a tiger can contract cvoid-19, does this mean house cats can as well?
by xiaolingxiao 7y ago
For someone who understand how viruses target hosts, if a tiger can contract cvoid-19, does this mean house cats can as well?
- fooker 7y agoYes. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/cats-can-infect-each-other-with-coronavirus-chinese-study-finds https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/cats-can-infec... https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/15/asia/coronavirus-animals-pets-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/15/asia/coronavirus-animals-pets...
- mjfl 7y agoYes https://nypost.com/2020/04/03/cats-can-infect-each-other-with-coronavirus-study-says/ https://nypost.com/2020/04/03/cats-can-infect-each-other-wit... https://tass.com/world/1139957 https://tass.com/world/1139957
- koheripbal 7y agoYes, and the list of mammals that have the ACE2 receptor that the virus uses to enter cells is LONG, and includes both dogs and cats.