Italy: Domestic cat diagnosed with B.1.1.7 UK variant of coronavirus
The laboratories of Experimental zooprophylactic institute of Piedmont, Liguria and Valle d’Aosta they identified the first case of English variant of Sars-CoV-2 in a cat.
From bibliography the first report at national level. It is a castrated male cat of European breed, eight years, who lives in Novarese in a domestic context.
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** This post was originally published on March 18, 2021 **