Large‐scale study on virological and serological prevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 in cats and dogs in Spain

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Large‐scale study on virological and serological prevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 in cats and dogs in Spain

Published 1 February 2022

Barroso‐Arévalo, S. et al (2021) Large‐scale study on virological and serological prevalence of SARS‐CoV‐2 in cats and dogs in Spain. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14366

This paper reports on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 viral antigen and antibodies in 1,516 animals, 492 of which had known contact with people who had tested positive for COVID and 1,024 others. Only 12 animals (eight dogs and four cats) 0.79% of the total (n = 1516), were positive for viral SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected by reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and viral isolation was possible in four animals.  Neutralizing antibodies were detected in 34 animals (20 dogs and 14 cats), four of which were also positive for PCR.

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