A Deadly Virus Is on the Rise for Australia’s Cats
RetroMAD1 is seeing a re-emergence of this fatal disease called feline panleukopenia (FPV) not only in Australia, but also in eastern Europe and North Asia despite available vaccines. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-dormant-virus-infecting-australias-cats-180968108/
COVID-19 pandemic: current knowledge about the role of pets and other animals in disease transmission
The usual precautionary measures should always be part of any disease prevention strategy when dealing or spending time with companion animals. Unwanted abandonment of companion animals is to be avoided. https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-020-01416-9
Dogs and cats can contract COVID-19 from their owners
Dogs and cats are susceptible especially when they are immuno-compromised. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8744077/COVID-19-Dogs-cats-catch-virus-owners-display-respiratory-symptoms.html
What does the COVID-19 summer surge mean for your cats and dogs?
We are a much bigger risk in transmitting Covid-19 to our pets than they to us. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/08/what-does-covid-19-summer-surge-mean-your-cats-and-dogs
Builders of a $20 Billion Coffee Empire Have Their Eyes on Pets
Our pets are, without a doubt, part of our family members. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-04/coffee-empire-jab-eyes-compassion-first-pet-hospitals
Coronavirus attacks lining of blood vessels all over the body, Swiss study finds
COVID-19 coronavirus invasive mode of destruction to the human body is very similar to that of the feline coronavirus (FIPV) that causes the same massive systemic inflammation in feline infectious peritonitis. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3080750/coronavirus-attacks-lining-blood-vessels-all-over-body-swiss