What affects us affects cats
Is it all right to let my cat lick my face? You have to answer the question from the point of view of both the human who is asking the question and the cat who is doing the licking. There are different considerations depending upon the point of view. Why is your cat licking …
I don’t think that cat owners in the US (or anywhere else) should worry about their cats getting Covid-19 from them or from a veterinary clinic or perhaps a boarding cattery. Cat owners are asking questions about Covid-19 and their cats and dogs. The concern may be enhanced by the “second wave” of the …
Professor Sarah Legge, of the Australian National University and the University of Queensland is the lead scientist of a team who carried out a study on the impact of diseases transmitted from cats to people on the Australian economy. These are zoonotic diseases. I’ve not seen the actual research paper but I don’t think …
This is a recently published study on how prevalent the disease called toxoplasmosis is in Korean cats and dogs. It appears to have been carried out because of an outbreak of human toxoplasmosis which has been put down to eating food contaminated with Toxoplasma gondii. This is the most common way a person is …
NEWS AND VIEWS: US scientists say that if you have a cat and have tested positive for Covid-19 you should both self-isolate. This seems a very positive and quite strict directive and I’m getting this news from a British newspaperA. They go a step further. If a cat owner has to go to hospital, …
There have been a few studies on this subject unsurprisingly. It is obviously highly pertinent at the moment. However, a recent study from Canada led by a veterinary pathologist, Dorothee Bienzle of the University of Guelph, appears to confirm that the level of transmission of infection from people suffering from Covid-19 to their cats …
A drug labelled GC376 was found, we are told by the authors of a Daily Mail online article, to destroy the Covid-19 virus in lab experiments. There are calls for the drug to be trialled as a standard treatment for coronavirus. As I understand it, GC376 is not yet authorised in America by the …
Cats can be tested for toxoplasmosis. Serologic tests including ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) will show if a cat has been exposed to the disease. A positive test in a healthy cat signifies that the cat has acquired active immunity. Such a cat is not a source of human contamination. For the sake of clarity …
