Coronavirus Pets Uk

Cuddling your pet dog or cat could give you coronavirus government scientists have warned.

Coronavirus pets uk. Covid 19 is an illness caused by a new type of coronavirus called sars cov 2. Get full coverage of the coronavirus pandemic including the latest news analysis advice and explainers from across the uk and around the world. Some types of coronavirus cause illness in humans such as the common cold and sars some cause illness in animals such as kennel cough in dogs and fip in cats and some can affect both. A pet cat has tested positive in the uk for the strain of coronavirus that is causing the current pandemic.

Veterinary scientists have recommended cat owners keep their pets indoors to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus among animals. Coronavirus disease covid 19 has infected more than 89 000 people around the globe including 40 people from the uk. Getty images in several cases pets that have tested positive have suffered with respiratory. At least 3 048 people infected with the sars cov 2 virus have died and pet.

Sold in the uk from outside the eu or inside the eu rehomed in the uk from inside or outside the eu if you bring a banned breed of dog into the. An official report by the uk s top vet said household pets may carry the virus on their fur which risks. Universities and colleges coronavirus warning for pets as 26 animals could catch virus from people researchers suggest 26 animals that are regularly in contact with people may be susceptible to. The coronaviruses are a large family of viruses.

Pet owners who test positive for coronavirus have been urged to stay away from their pets credit. You must follow extra rules if the animals will be.