CORONAVIRUS en gatos y perros 🐱🤒🐶| ¿Hay riesgo de transmisión del virus entre humanos-mascotas?

If you don't live in a cave, you'll know what the coronavirus is, but your dog or cat is safe from it. Hi, I'm Tarlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. Okay, yes, I'm also going to talk to you about the coronavirus, but I'm doing it because many people have asked us if it could pose a risk to pets. We also did a survey on our Instagram stories. If you don't follow us, go there, follow us so you can vote next time. And 80%, and I don't know how many percent said they talked about the coronavirus in animals, in dogs and cats. So I owe it to you, and that's why I'm here. Lately, every time you turn on the tv, every time you open the Internet and check Twitter, or every time your neighbor talks to you from your backyard, the first thing she tells you is about the coronavirus and the latest news. And it seems that everything, everything, everything is the coronavirus. According to some media outlets, this virus is coming to practically eradicate humanity from the world. And that if you're not careful, it's almost going to be the end of us all. When we talk about coronavirus, we're referring to a so called class of virus. I mean, there are also many types so called viruses that can be called coronaviruses because that simply classifies them into a much larger group. The one we're referring to when we talk about coronavirus in people is a very, very specific one called 2019 NCOP, which is what the World Health Organization has called it. And that's the one that's causing the pneumonia that we're seeing in some parts of the world, especially in China, and that, well, it's spreading very quickly among people. But. And now for the first question. Does that pose any kind of risk to our animal companions? As of today, February 15, 2020, people will see this in two years and ask me, what did I say? Well, February 15, 2020, there is no evidence that the 2019 coronavirus in Eco could pose any type of risk to our pets, our dogs or our cats. And although of course, this information may change later because, well, we know very little about this virus. The truth is that if we still do not have evidence that it can be transmitted to dogs or cats, at least that is good news. I want to tell you that something can change, right? It can change in the future. We will see because, well, it has just started. It is a virus that was not known until last month. And that is why there are still many studies to be done. Right now, the focus is on controlling the outbreak that is affecting people, and then the virus will be studied in more depth. And when that happens, if things change, we will report. So it's a good time to subscribe, right, man? Of course, if this changes, you're not going to be more informed than on this channel. So subscribe to this channel if you haven't already. If you're enjoying this video, remember that we release videos similar to this one, more or less about the health and care of your pets and your dog and your cat. Every Wednesday, many more about cats than dogs. Hit the bell so that YouTube will notify you if it wants when we upload new content. End of commercial info. Well, right now you may be thinking, but if there are already coronaviruses in dogs and cats, does that have anything to do with the coronavirus that's happening right now in people? Well, no. The coronavirus in dogs and cats has been known for a very long time, and it's known that it causes gastrointestinal conditions in animals. In dogs, it causes a little diarrhea, and in cats it can trigger feline infectious peritonitis. But not in all cats. Only in some of them. Is there any kind of relationship? No, there is no relationship beyond the fact that they are all coronaviruses, but they have nothing to do with each other. Viruses are classified by their external shape and the characteristics they present. But that does not mean that the disease they are going to cause is going to be exactly the same or that they have the capacity to affect different types of species. That almost never happens with viruses. In other words, when your vet tells you that your dog or cat has coronavirus, you don't have to say no. Don't throw your hands up in the air. Don't make hasty decisions, because that virus has nothing to do with the virus that is currently causing pneumonia around the world. And what would happen if, hypothetically, someone in the house had the human coronavirus? How would this affect living with our dog or cat? What should we do? In this case, I'm only going to talk about dogs and cats, because that's what I understand. Well, according to the latest information I have from the World association of Small Animal Veterinarians, the recommendations are that if a person at home is suffering from pneumonia, what they should do is not have much contact with their dog or cat. And if they do, at least do so with a mask to avoid the hypothetical and remote possibility that the virus could be transmitted to their dog or cat.

Because I'll go back to what you said here, that in principle there wouldn't be a problem. Of course, and that principle is very important. Since none of this has been 100% proven yet. The only thing left for us to do is prevention. We have to prevent them from getting infected. But what if, for whatever reason, there is someone in our home who is suffering from this virus and suddenly our dog or cat starts to have some type of respiratory symptoms? In these cases, and contrary to what we usually recommend on this channel, you don't have to take your dog or cat to the vet at the first opportunity. Let me explain. First, you will need to call the vet's office to tell them about the situation and say that there is a person at home who is suffering from the human coronavirus and that the dog or cat suddenly has a cold or is having some type of respiratory problem, etc. Your vet will start the entire protocol that must be followed in these cases to prevent it. They will be able to advise you over the phone on how to transport your pets safely so that they do not transmit it to other pets or to other people, because they know how to act. Trust what they tell you, especially in these cases. And since you are interested in this whole coronavirus issue and that is why you have found this video, you have probably done a quick search on the Internet. Google has all the best and all the worst. There are many times when it confuses us much more than it clears our minds. Not our videos, right? Our videos are clear and crystalline and do not confuse anyone. You may have found out that there are vaccines for our dogs and cats against the coronavirus. Against their coronaviruses, which I've already told you, they have their own. Will these vaccines protect them against the human coronavirus? As you might imagine, and from everything I've told you, there's little information on the subject. But no, at the moment it hasn't been proven that these vaccines can protect them against the human coronavirus. Which doesn't mean that the day after tomorrow, after doing some kind of research, the conclusion will be reached that yes, the cat coronavirus vaccine does protect them. Well, look, listen. Great. But since all these are hypotheses, well, we'll see how things go. And now another one of the great questions that you've asked me on social media and that you may wondering right now if my dog or cat comes into contact with the human coronavirus, even if they don't develop the disease, can they transmit it to people? Well, once again, we find that there is very little information. But so far there has been no evidence of transmission from dogs or cats.

To people of their particular coronavirus.

Of their particular coronavirus. That has been completely ruled out. What I ask of you is that in these cases, you remain calm and do not make hasty decisions. We have received information from many parts of the world where dogs and cats are being abandoned. And even I don't know if it's true. I have seen that some people in China have thrown them from the top of their houses into the streets. Well, this seems terrible to me because even if we had information about it and animals could pose a risk to us, there would always be some other way to deal with this situation. As you can see, there is not much information right now. But don't worry, because I will keep you informed. So in order not to miss anything, stay tuned to our channel. And that's it. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like and share it with everyone. Hey, it's really important that this information reaches as many people as possible because, well, people who have been in a panic can do terrible things. Thank you very much for following the Happy Pets and Families Channel, and I'll see you in the next video. And as always, at the end of the video, we're going to meet your animal companions who you introduced to us through the Facebook group. Look at the little things we have here. Mari Exposito introduces us to Mia and Maggie. She tells me that they want to thank me for my advice, because thanks to me, they love each other very much. Now, thank you very much. Oh, bell alert. And Diana introduces us to her kitty, Luna, and tells me that she has 12 days left until her surgery. Well, she had 12 days left when she introduced her to us. I don't know what day it was. Well, I hope the surgery went well if she's already had the surgery and that everything went without any problems. Diana, I don't know if you know that I had a cat named Luna. And Carlos introduces us to his kitty. He tells me that they adopted him about eight months ago and that he's almost a year old. In fact, he's shown us a bunch of photos in chronological order. He's so cute. And so that your animal companion appears in this section of the videos. What do you have to do? As I always say, introduce him to the community in the Facebook group and we'll select the photos from there to put in this section. See you next week. I'm going. I can tell. I'll be busy these days. Well, we'll see him now. Please don't ruin the video in the second sentence, otherwise people will disconnect and leave. Well, I don't know, since I'm also a person and you're a person and we're not the same. It's just that in a. And that it's going to be. And that. And that. About to. Not. And that. No. And that.

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Well, thank you very much for following the channel because. Yes. Because it's going to be in different ways. Well, let's see. I want to tell you, like, there are bacteria that are worse and bacteria that are better. Like there are flu viruses that are worse and flu viruses that are better. Yeah.