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https://www.levendehave.nl/nieuws/advies-aan-corona-patienten-mijd-contact-met-dieren
ADVICE TO CORONA PATIENTS: CONTACT WITH ANIMALS
Various animal health organizations advise animal owners who are infected with the corona virus to avoid contact with their animals. The advice has been available since 9 March on the website of Wageningen University & Research (WUR). There are no indications that kept animals can be infected with the coronavirus, but to be sure, COVID-19 patients are advised to have someone else take care of (farm) pets, WUR tweets. The precautionary principle applies to food-producing animals until more is known about the risks.
For farmers with COVID-19 the advice is not to get into the barn, as can be read on the WUR website.
The information on the WUR website is taken from the Vetinfact newsletter for veterinary surgeons from Friday 6 March 2020. This is a publication of Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Utrecht University, GD, KNMvD, RIVM and NVWA.
"We want to conduct research into the impact of the corona virus on animals," says Prof. Wim van der Poel. Veterinarians who have suspicions because a dog or cat shows symptoms after contact with a patient with COVID-19 in home isolation must contact the NVWA. Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) has a PCR test available for SARS-CoV2 (the type that is currently circulating) and can test suspect animals, but will only do so in risk situations and in consultation with NVWA.
Coronaviruses in dogs, cats, pigs and chickens
Coronaviruses occur in various animal species, for example canine coronavirus (CCV) in dogs, feline corona (FCV) in cats, porcine epidemic diarhea (PEDV) virus, transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) and porcine respiratory coronavirus (PRCV) in pigs and infectious bronchitis virus (IBD) in chickens. However, these are types other than SARS-CoV-2, often animal-specific and not zoonotic.
This means that the disease cannot be transmitted to people.
In Hong Kong, a dog was tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 last month. The dog showed no clinical signs and was tested because the animal was admitted to a quarantine facility after the infected owner of the dog was admitted to the hospital. It is still unclear where the current corona virus comes from. From the outset of the epidemic, account is taken of transfer from bats and animals traded on Chinese markets. The pangs is also classified as '' suspect ''. The current corona virus can mutate to a more dangerous variant. Mutations can occur with viruses that have recently passed from animals to humans, according to the RIVM. Such a mutation can also take place after transfer from human to animal.
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