2 Cats – France
2 Cats – France
Added 18 May 2020
The first cat, from Paris, belonged to owners previously suspected of being infected with COVID-19. One cat showed mild respiratory and digestive signs and tested positive by qRT-PCR on rectal swab although the nasopharyngeal swabs from this animal tested negative.
The second cat, from the Bordeaux region, had respiratory disease that was non-responsive to antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, which it is reported may have been the result of infection with SARS-CoV-2. This cat tested positive on nasopharyngeal swab, but negative on rectal swab.
Reference
1.International Society for Infectious Diseases (2020) Coronavirus Disease update (149) France (Ile-de-France) [online] Available at: https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=20200501.7289409 [Accessed 18 May 2020]
2.International Society for Infectious Diseases (2020) Coronavirus Disease update (181) France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) [online] Available at: https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=7332909 [Accessed 18 May 2020]
3. l’École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse (ENVT) (2020) Covid-19 : un 2ème chat détecté porteur du SARS-Cov-2 en France, à Bordeaux. Communiqué de presse Mardi 12 mai 2020 [online] Available at: https://www.oie.int/fileadmin/Home/eng/Our_scientific_expertise/docs/pdf/COV-19/covid_chat_ENVT-1_France.pdf [Accessed 18 May 2020]
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