I believe every other report of animal COVID i have seen to date went out of its way to avoid actually saying the animal had symptoms. They'd say "discovered after a vet visit" etc but fail to mention why a test had been done.
"Social distancing! masks! but ignore animal vectors" seemed weird at the start but on the other hand we'd have had panicked pet slaughters if they'd pushed for it. and may yet,
Without opening up too much of a covid origin can of worms… can all covid strands jump from humans to cats or are specific mutations required? And can related coronaviruses that don’t infect humans infect cats? Or are the mutations for SARS-CoV-2 good for cats and humans?
I wonder if this means domesticated cats can also carry covid? Are we going to have to worry about some sort of super mutant feline covid jumping back into humans later?
Yes, they can. This has been known since early in the pandemic.
And I'm supposed to believe it was absolutely necessary to shut myself in my house for months, and then not allow anyone else at all in my house for further months, yet Fluffy could wander around as they pleased.
"Social distancing! masks! but ignore animal vectors" seemed weird at the start but on the other hand we'd have had panicked pet slaughters if they'd pushed for it. and may yet,