Jürgen A. Richt, DVM, PhD, Regents Distinguished Professor, KBA Eminent Scholar, Director, Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD), Kansas State University, "SARS-CoV-2 in Companion Animals: Susceptibility, Transmission and Reinfection in Domestic Cats"
An interesting study of SARS-CoV-2 in domestic cats was presented by Dr. Richt. Reported cases of the virus in large and domestic cats, dogs and minks exist which drove attention to this topic. The animals were examined with swabs, air, environmental and blood tests as well as a terminating necropsy. All examinations were sampled over time and group, with cats being primary infected via the nose as well as infected via co-housing with infected ones. After 21 days the remaining cats were re-infected, which triggered an immune response against the virus.
