After tests on domestic animals living with people infected with the virus

A study reveals the possibility of transmitting Corona from humans to their animals

A large percentage of domestic animals that live with people with "Covid-19" develop antibodies.

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A recent study, conducted by Canadian researchers, showed that people with "Covid-19" may transmit the infection to dogs and kittens.

The emerging corona virus is an infectious disease of animal origin, that is, it was transmitted from animals to humans.

While it has been shown through recent studies that domestic animals do not play a prominent role in the outbreak of the virus, an increasing number of data shows that kittens, dogs, and even tigers, may become infected.

In a recent study, which will be presented during a medical conference, but its results have not been published in a journal that includes a special committee for examination, Canadian veterinary researchers conducted tests on domestic animals living with people infected with the Corona virus or have symptoms related to "Covid-19".

In a first group of animals, whose owners were diagnosed with infection for less than two weeks, scientists searched for a trace of the virus in 17 cats, 18 dogs and one mongoose, and the results of the tests were all negative, with the exception of one that doubts remain about its accuracy.

On the other hand, the researchers conducted tests on serum samples on a second group of eight kittens and 10 dogs, the diagnosis of infection of their owners dates back to a later period. To a more recent infection) I have three kittens.

And all the kittens that carried antibodies, and one of the two dogs in the second group, had signs of infection, especially in the respiratory system, in conjunction with the infection of their owners.

"Despite the limited number of participants, these preliminary results lead to the belief that a large proportion of domestic animals that live with people infected with (Covid-19) develop antibodies," said Dorothy Binsley, a professor at the University of Guelph in the Canadian region of Ontario.

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