Italy: Domestic cat diagnosed with B.1.1.7 UK variant of coronavirus

Animals, B.1.1.7, Coronavirus, Europe, Health, Infection, Italy, Reservoir, Variants

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.

Full story in Italy24news.com

 

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** This post was originally published on March 18, 2021 **