Veterinary experts said more research is needed to understand the threat of a pet infecting its owner, even if it appears low.
, a first that experts said underscores how much remains unknown about the virus and how it affects animals.
In"the first case of its kind," a caretaker is believed to have transmitted the virus to Nadia, a 4-year-old Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a statement Sunday. With tigers,"there's a degree of social distancing that you automatically do," Terio said. It's possible the virus was transmitted via respiratory droplets or through fomites, such as the animal's food, but the exact means of transmission is unknown, she said.for the virus after close exposure with their owners who were sick with COVID-19.
Terio explained that viral proteins and genetic differences in receptors that a virus uses to attack a person or animal differ between species, and those differences could cause the virus to be more severe in one species than another.
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