Pets Effect on Novel Coronavirus Pandemic
IMJ : INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.28, no.3, pp.364, 2021 (Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Editorial Material
- Volume: 28 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2021
- Journal Name: IMJ : INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL
- Journal Indexes: Scopus, CINAHL, EMBASE
- Page Numbers: pp.364
- Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Even the animals that we have never heard their names were accused for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. So many hypothesis were highlighted, literature emphasized that COVID-19 was transmited from human to animal/animal to human. Market photos of pangolins, a lamellar mammal that looks like an anteater, have made it on to news, suggesting this animal was the staging post for the virus before it spread to humans1). We know that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome was first reported in animals, and here we come to the main COVID-19 contradiction now. The exact source of the virus that caused such a damage has not been found yet2). There is robust proof that the virus originated in bats. The major mystery remains how it got from bats to people. Most researchers think that it's a wild virus, which probably passed to people through an intermediate species. But no one has found the virus in the wilderness yet, so other statements cannot be ruled out completely. By this time COVID19 test was positive in tiger which was living in New York Zoo3). Does COVID-19 pandemic could not be taken under control due to our nearest pet friends? You might have domestic animals in your home or garden, by then you need to be careful with them. You should not touch other people or animal when outside with your domestics, especially keep your cats at home. Complete your rutin dog walkings with a six meter security limit to the other people, do not approach with your pets to others, be in dialogue with your veterinary, tell about your pet's symptoms if you find pathological signs related with COVID-19 and do not both leave your house, call your veterinary or consult with telemedication. Age under five or above sixty-five or immunocompromised patients were prone to animal human spread of COVID-192). Unless the cause is known, everthing might be the reason