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Scientists continue their studies and research on the emerging corona virus, whose deaths have crossed the million mark and infected more than 34 million people.
A recent scientific report revealed that cats and dogs can also be infected with the emerging coronavirus.
The researchers said the dog develops strong immunity against the emerging corona virus, regardless of the possibility of the infection turning into a disease and symptoms appearing.
According to the “New York Times”, this response that is obtained in dogs can be useful for researchers who are developing vaccines.
So far there is no scientific evidence on the ability of these animals to transmit the virus, but researchers know that a cat that becomes infected can transmit it to other cats.
And the scientists reported that they found no traces of the virus in the respiratory system of infected dogs, nor did they expose the infection to the outside.
The study published in the scientific journal “PNAS” stated that the cats and dogs that were infected with the emerging coronavirus did not suffer from “Covid 19” and did not suffer any deterioration of health.
The researchers published this study to be sure that animals, and pets in particular, do not pose a threat in light of the outbreak of the epidemic.
Academics and researchers from the University of Colorado College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences participated in the study.
The study indicated that reports of animal infection with the Coronavirus are very few, at a time when tens of millions of people were infected with the epidemic that appeared in China at the end of 2019.
Since cats contract the virus and can be excreted from their body to the outside, many wonder what the reason is, which makes this animal harmless, since it does not transmit the disease to humans, as is known so far.
And some experts believe that this issue is mainly due to the large number of infected people versus the lack of infections among cats, and therefore, it is the person who transmits the infection to the animal, and not the other way around.
The researchers put a quantity of the virus in the animals’ noses, after they were put under anesthesia, and when they woke up, they had contact with other animals.
