Coronavirus

Humans at the Zoo had it?

Didn’t know it could really spread from a human to an animal? Does that happen with the common flue also? (Roccus, Dx dude) ?

At 7:00 pm tonite sirens went off all across Suffolk county to show support for our health care workers. I stood outside and hafta say it was moving. Mixed in were fireworks and people hitting their horns .....

So people who recover have anti-bodies...can you get a blood transfusion from them to make yourself immune?

I heard dogs ok but Cats can get the corona why I have no clue

At 7:00 pm tonite sirens went off all across Suffolk county to show support for our health care workers. I stood outside and hafta say it was moving. Mixed in were fireworks and people hitting their horns .....

Weird I didnt hear a thing

So people who recover have anti-bodies...can you get a blood transfusion from them to make yourself immune?

They are testing this one as we type...

Humans at the Zoo had it?

Article said one of their handlers had it...

Article said one of their handlers had it...

Ahh I didnt read the whole thing

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Bit late lol

Ppl they don’t test
A tiger they tested

something wrong with this

Ppl they don’t test
A tiger they tested

something wrong with this

Can't argue with that, but it takes major cajones to get a sinus swab from a tiger!!! :eek: :eek::eek:

Hope the tiger was put under anesthesia...

Cajones, Spanish version for balls... cellie...

Can't argue with that, but it takes major cajones to get a sinus swab from a tiger!!! :eek: :eek::eek:

Hope the tiger was put under anesthesia...

You never responded to the first question: how does the virus potentially get transmitted from a human to a cat (animal)

Humans at the Zoo had it?

Didn’t know it could really spread from a human to an animal? Does that happen with the common flue also? (Roccus, Dx dude) ?

I'm guessing here but Cany could be correct. The person feeding the tiger could have had it, coughed into his hand and used that same hand to feed a piece of meat to the tiger. I'm just guessing here though. Roccus may have a better explanation.

H1N1 can be transmitted to your pet cat or dog. There have been several cases mostly with cats, not dogs. It's called "reverse zoonosis" I dont think it is fully understood exactly how but it is possible to give it to pets. So if you can give it to pet cats no reason to believe big cats are any different. Guess there are just fewer people getting close to big cats.

Regular flu not likely but possible. The risk is if it mutates once your pet becomes infected being a genuine concern. But there really has not been any confirmed cases of regular flu I believe. H1N1, definitely cases of it transmitting from human to cats a dog and a ferret.

Roccus can correct me if I am putting out any false info.

The big cats were all suffering from a dry cough...only the tiger was tested because they do have to be put under.

I would guess that since these things can jump from non human mammals to us it should also work in reverse.

You never responded to the first question: how does the virus potentially get transmitted from a human to a cat (animal)

It was self-answered. The sick animals had an infected handler so it is likely that he/she transmitted it to the cats through aerosol transmission. To fully confirm this there would need to be a pretty complete viral analysis of both the cats' and handler's strains, but I'm thinking that's pretty low on the epidemiologist "Things To Do List". The animals could have a different infection that's not exactly COVID-19, but a different corona virus, but not different enough to cross react with the current COVID-19 test.

Regardless, this news must be very disconcerting for sick people who have cats or healthy people with sick cats. IMO IF there was transmission from humans to domestic cats and/or dogs, we'd know about it by now unless infections in domestic pets are asymptomatic so an owner wouldn't know if their pet was sick.

When this is all over you’ll hear the stories

I would be there are 100s of thousands that think they may have it
Who think their pets may have it
But are sitting tight and tending to the symptoms hoping to not get sick enough to go to a doctor or hospital

when the dust settles your going to find out a lot of things, that are going to scare you

So people who recover have anti-bodies...can you get a blood transfusion from them to make yourself immune?

They are testing this one as we type...

Mt Sinai using plasma from those that have recovered. They are finding differing amounts of antibodies in different samples. Looks promising

yes friends a tiger :eek:**,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,[COLOR=rgb(26, 188, 156)] ><))):>