Case reports

Published 20 April 2020 | Updated 17 May 2022

There have been a small number of reports of animals being infected with SARS-CoV-2. To date, all these animals appear to have been infected through contact with infected people. There is no evidence of humans being infected through contact with domestic animals.

Update

There continue to be further case reports of pet animals infected with SARS-CoV-2, in all cases these appear to come from households in which at least one person is infected with COVID-19.

A full list of case reports of confirmed infection of SARS-CoV-2 in animals (Events in animals tab) can be found on the OIE website.

Variant B.1.617.2 (Delta)

Published 17 May 2022

Variant B.1.1.7 (alpha)

Published 1 February 2022

Hamsters Hong kong

Published 1 February 2022

Determining the role of natural SARS-CoV-2 infection in the death of domestic pets: 10 cases (2020–2021)

Published 1 February 2022

COVID-19 cases that have been reported to USDA

Published 18 January 2021

• Dogs

• Cats

• Ferrets/Minks

• Wildlife and zoo

Dogs

• Dog – New York

  Published 8 June 2020

• Dog 1 Pomeranian – Hong Kong

  Published 20 April 2020 | Updated 15 May 2020

• Dog 2 German Shepherd – Hong Kong

  Published 20 April 2020 | Updated 15 May 2020

• Dog with pulmonary fibrosis

  Published 17 May 2022

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Cats

• Detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 in respiratory samples from cats in the UK associated with human‐to‐cat transmission

  Published 15 June 2021

• Cats – UK

  Published 28 July 2020| Updated 14 June 2021

• Cat – Minnesota

  Published 8 June 2020

• Cat – Spain

  Published 18 May 2020 | Updated 2 September 2020

• 2 Cats – France

  Published 18 May 2020

• Cat – Germany

  Published 18 May 2020

• 2 Cats – New York

  Published 23 April 2020

• Cat – Hong Kong

  Published 20 April 2020

• Cat – Belgium

  Published 20 April 2020

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Ferrets/Minks

• Ferret – Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from human to domestic ferret

  Published 1 February 2022

• Mink – Denmark mutation

  Published 9 November 2020

• Mink – Netherlands, Denmark, Spain and Sweden

  Published 27 April 2020 | Updated 9 November 2020

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Wildlife and zoo

• Gorillas – US

  Published 18 January 2021

• Tiger & Lion – Bronx zoo

  Published 20 April 2020 | Updated 28 July 2020

• Asiatic lions – India

  Published 27 September 2021

• Eurasian River Otter

  Published 17 May 2022

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