31 percent of pet dogs and 40 percent of pet cats tested positive to COVID-19 after their owners' own diagnoses, though under half displayed symptoms, in a small Brazilian study.
The study was supported by various organizations including CGLab/MoH, CVSLR/FIOCRUZ, The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), INOVA VPPCB-005-FIO-20-2-69, and Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ).
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
The article is publicly available at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0250853. Media contact for the study is Guilherme Calvet, guilherme.calvet@ini.fiocruz.br.