Fda Covid And Pets

Government partners including cdc and international partners to address the coronavirus disease 2019 covid 19 pandemic.

Fda covid and pets. Fda s center for veterinary medicine is a microcosm of fda for animals we regulate drugs food and devices for pets livestock zoo animals and others. A small number of pets worldwide including cats and dogs have been reported external icon to be infected with the virus that causes covid 19 mostly after close contact with people with covid 19. The fda is expediting clinical trials for vaccines by providing timely advice to and interactions with vaccine developers. Risk of animals spreading the virus that causes covid 19 to people some coronaviruses that infect animals can be spread to humans and then spread between people but this is rare.

The first animal that the united states department of agriculture confirmed as positive for sars cov 2 was a tiger in a zoo in new york on april 4. Some cause cold like illnesses in people and others cause illness in animals such as bats. Covid 19 is a type of coronavirus. Fda is working with u s.

While coronavirus disease 2019 covid 19 mostly spreads from person to person it can also spread from people to animals. Of the pets that have gotten sick most only had mild illness and fully recovered. Infected pets might get sick or they might not have any symptoms. This is what happened with the virus that caused the current outbreak of covid 19 with the virus likely originating in bats.

Updated 2 05 pm et tue june 16 2020 cnn pets might not infect people with coronavirus but pet owners need to protect cats dogs and other companion animals the us food and drug administration. Fda says people can infect their pets with covid 19 wednesday june 17 2020 new york the food and drug administration posted an adorable but cautionary youtube video to warn people that while. The fda is also supporting product development and scaling up of. On april 22 2020 usda and cdc.

The first animal that the united states department of agriculture usda confirmed as positive for sars cov 2 was a tiger in a zoo in new york on april 4 2020.