Cats Are Not Small Dogs: Don’t Panic About COVID-19 Just Yet

Guest post by Ingrid R. Niesman, MS PhD

Recent headlines have many pet owners spooked, including myself. If there is one sure bet about viruses, they mutate and mutate rapidly. This epidemic is spreading extremely quickly and it was only a matter of time before a pet tested positive.

Let’s not equate dogs to cats

As of Friday, March 6, only two very weakly positive cases of Covid-19 have been found in pets, both in dogs. The bad news is that a 2008 publication in Vet Pathology has shown...