After a tiger tested positive in New York, many people are wondering whether their pets are at risk for the virus. Here’s what to do if your cat starts coughing.
It was early March when the veterinary clinic in lower Manhattan where I work became inundated with calls from clients concerned about COVID-19. At that time, masks were not yet ubiquitous in public, the trains were still running on their normal schedule, and headstrong individuals could still wander into a bar for happy hour with friends. Yet even then, pet owners were concerned about the possibility that their dogs and cats could contract the novel virus that would come to dominate our collective consciousness. But for all the well-deserved panic that the coronavirus has induced in the human population so far, there’s very little evidence that you should be losing sleep over the possibility that your pet will need a ventilator, yes, even with the recent news about the tiger. Here’s what you need to know to keep your pets, and yourselves, safe…
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