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Cats who catch COVID seem to be fighting off the virus with naturally developed antibodies. And more of them may have it than we thought. 

That tiger in the Bronx Zoo has a lot of pet owners worried that maybe their pets can catch COVID-19 after all. Now IDEXX Laboratories is rolling out a new COVID-19 test for pets that could help veterinarians soothe those client worries.

Researchers are training dogs to detect SARS-CoV-2 in humans. But the CDC says we’re supposed to practice social distancing with dogs . . . to keep them away from humans who might have SARS-CoV-2. So how exactly is this going to work?

This week: Adolescent dogs and adolescent teens have similar problems, the fate of pets left behind when COVID-19 takes their owners, and cat videos needed for the Quarantine Cat Film Festival 

There’s no question that stay-at-home orders have impacted pets and their owners. Now, a new survey from Banfield Pet Hospital reveals how, and to what degree. The results show a paradigm shift, the effects of which are likely to change how people view and care for their pets for a long time to come.  

Cats with SARS-CoV-2 can give it to other cats. That’s according to researchers who infected cats  with SARS-CoV-2  to see what would happen when those cats were exposed to other, uninfected cats.

Are you ready for another pandemic? Not later, after this one is over—right now. Because it is a possibility. And it starts with pigs.

A couple of Canadian researchers may have figured out why cats get COVID and dogs don’t: a mutation in the gene that provides a vector for the novel coronavirus.

This week: Another dog who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 dies, veterinary students seek diversity from within, and cat drugs show promise for treating COVID in people.

COVID-19 has infiltrated every aspect of daily life, so it’s difficult to not get caught up in the maelstrom of the pandemic’s effects. But the usual threats of parasite-borne diseases still loom large for pets.