Tiger at US zoo tests positive for coronavirus

For context, the evidence-based consensus as of now is that felines (including pet cats) can catch covid-19 from humans and then transmit it to other cats and maybe other humans, but they are not as susceptible to catching it as humans are. It takes a massive initial viral load for your cat to catch it from you and it will develop only a mild expression of the coronavirus. Dogs do not seem to catch it, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t tested positive due to second-hand exposure&#x2F;contamination (from licking their human friends).<p>Note that the original SARS was likely transmitted to humans from its original hosts via a feline intermediary, so scientists were not at all surprised by these findings as the similarities between the two SARS are very high.<p>So it’s not a big surprise that tigers can catch it too.

For someone who understand how viruses target hosts, if a tiger can contract cvoid-19, does this mean house cats can as well?

&quot;Nadia, her sister Azul, as well as two Amur tigers and three African lions, had developed a dry cough and all are expected to fully recover, it says. &quot;<p>How do they know the prognosis?<p>I hope they physically distance these big cats from their keepers.

When the first Cow or Chicken gets it - then I&#x27;m going to freak out.

&quot;Tiger&quot; and &quot;coronavirus&quot; are both buzzwords right now (new Tiger television show promotion). BBC click farming is understandable now that citizens are expected to be parsing their RSS feeds more often than usual (mandatory quarantine idling worker minds).<p>This is unfortunate because I expected these recently inflicted conditions to prompt temporarily mothballed bodies and minds to pursue interests outside of the digital realm.

Tigers&#x27; body temperatures are naturally slightly hotter. Maybe this means they can endure higher fevers and thus fight off the virus a little more easily-- from what I recall reading, corona-viruses from bats often are resistant to lower fevers because they&#x27;ve developed in bats, which are also slightly higher in body temperature, especially in flight.

It&#x27;s interesting that tigers have access to the test.

I guess we now have enough tests for humans if we have them for tigers.

Did Joe Exotic have a conjugal visit?