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New Research Reveals People with COVID Can Infect Their Pets

Posted by · July 30, 2021

Dogs Infection Rate and Research Contact with Humans 2021

If you think you have COVID-19, it might be best to stay away from your pets, says the author of a Dutch study that found a surprising number of dogs and cats may be getting infected.

"About one out of five pets will catch the disease from their owners," said Dr Els Broens of Utrecht University in the Netherlands, although there are no known cases of the disease spreading from pets to humans.

"Luckily, the animals do not get very ill from it."

In Broens' study, presented this week in a paper at the European Congress of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 156 dogs and 154 cats from 196 households were tested in homes where humans were known to have had a coronavirus infection.

New Coronavirus Detected In Patients and the Source May Be Dogs

Posted by · May 20, 2021

New, Infectious Coronavirus Is Detected In Malaysia – Possibly Coming From Dogs

No one wants to hear news about a coronavirus. We are tired of it. But, the more we know the better we can try to live. This news comes from Malaysia where scientists have connected a coronavirus in dogs that might be transmitted to humans.

In the past 20 years, new coronaviruses have emerged from animals with remarkable regularity. In 2002, SARS-CoV jumped from civets into people. Ten years later, MERS emerged from camels. Then in 2019, SARS-CoV-2 began to spread around the world.

For many scientists, this pattern points to a disturbing trend: Coronavirus outbreaks aren't rare events and will likely occur every decade or so.

K9 Mask® on "Shark Tank" November 20 from 8-9pm EST/PST on ABC

Posted by · November 16, 2020

Austin, Texas — Austin entrepreneur Kirby Holmes and his cousin Evan Daugherty will be featured on the hit television show "Shark Tank" on Friday, November 20, at 7 pm on ABC (CST). Kirby and Evan are co-owners of Good Air Team LLC, an Austin based company that created the world's first air filter mask specifically designed for dogs called K9 Mask®. It is a wearable air filter mask for dogs to protect them from the short and long-term health dangers of breathing toxic air from smoke, ash, dust, smog, chemicals, pollen, allergens, ozone, and bacteria. Pet owners in an air pollution crisis can now choose pure air for their dogs. More...

First Dog in Texas Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Posted by · July 10, 2020

First dog in Texas tests positive with the coronavirus infection. A dog in Tarrant County is the first animal in Texas to test positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s veterinary lab received the test Monday, and the dog was confirmed to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 the next day, according to the Texas Animal Health Commission.

A private veterinarian chose to test the dog after its owners were confirmed to...

U.S. Officials Confirm Coronavirus Infection in NY German Shepherd

Posted by · June 08, 2020

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a German Shepherd is the first dog to test positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes a COVID-19 infection. The dog, which is expected to make a full recovery, was tested after “it showed signs of respiratory illness,” according to a news release on Tuesday June 2, 2020 from the USDA.

“One of the dog’s owners tested positive for COVID-19, and another showed symptoms consistent with the virus, prior to the dog showing...