2nd Dog Found Infected in Hong Kong

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PLOT TWIST 2nd Dog in Hong Kong Found Infected with Coronavirus from owner...2 year old German Shepard

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3075993/coronavirus-hong-kong-confirms-second-dog?utm_content=article&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR2uc_pk-LecfOBd_npXnrzkrQGNv7QJ2MytWd_NEgKCwKl9qgdjwkXJtXQ#Echobox=1584623924

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Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms a second dog is infected

  • The German shepherd owned by a Covid-19 patient is in quarantine, along with another dog from the same home
  • It is 'very likely' the two positive canine cases are examples of human-to-animal transmission, says virologist

A second dog with an infected owner has caught the coronavirus, Hong Kong's animal welfare authority confirmed on Thursday.

The two-year-old German shepherd lived with a person diagnosed with Covid-19 in Pok Fu Lam and was sent to quarantine on Wednesday, along with a four-year-old mixed-breed dog from the same home. The dogs were kept in separate kennels at the government facility.

Oral and nasal swabs taken on Wednesday and Thursday returned positive readings for the German shepherd, but were negative for the other dog.

Neither animal had shown any signs of the Covid-19 disease, according to an Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) spokesman, who added that it would "closely monitor both dogs and conduct repeated tests on the animals".
Ernest Tucker
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Any chance this dog just drank from his toilet or something and had remnants of the virus in it's snout?
Snap E Tom
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Probably. I haven't seen any case where a pet has actually COVID-19. They're just carriers (maybe hosts) just like a freakin' doorknob or a kitchen counter.

This is the last thing we need. More rumors like this. The Chinese treat pets like **** already.
scottimus
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On a lighter note, here is good way to walk your dog these days! Lol,

We got here faster then I thought...I guess like they say, necessary quarantines are the mother of invention.

https://www.facebook.com/statul/videos/10218745733608666/

Ernest Tucker
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Snap E Tom said:

They're just carriers (maybe hosts) just like a freakin' doorknob or a kitchen counter.



I'm going to call my next dog "Fomite"
Snap E Tom
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brd79 said:

Snap E Tom said:

They're just carriers (maybe hosts) just like a freakin' doorknob or a kitchen counter.



I'm going to call my next dog "Fomite"

Technically a fomite is a non-living object. A living carrier is a vector. However, I still call my cat a fomite because, like, duh. Fomite is a funner word.
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Talked to my dad who's a retired veterinarian a couple days ago. He said we've been vaccinating dogs for years for Coronavirus. I don't believe the Covid-19 strand is one that can be carried by dogs but I could be wrong. But be careful to not use "Corpnavirus" and "Covid-19" as the same thing.
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Snap E Tom said:

brd79 said:

Snap E Tom said:

They're just carriers (maybe hosts) just like a freakin' doorknob or a kitchen counter.



I'm going to call my next dog "Fomite"

Technically a fomite is a non-living object. A living carrier is a vector. However, I still call my cat a fomite because, like, duh. Fomite is a funner word.
You pedantic a-hole.
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