The risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to pets and other wild and domestic animals strongly mandates a one-health strategy to control the COVID-19 pandemic

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The third case is a pet cat belonging to a SARS-CoV-2 infected person who developed digestive (anorexia, diarrhea, vomiting) and respiratory (cough, difficult breathing) symptoms one week after the return of its owner to Belgium from Italy [7]. Nine days after the onset of these symptoms, the person's health improved. Tests of the cat with conventional, qualitative PCR detected SARS-CoV-2 RNA in successive samples of feces and gastric fluids, which was further confirmed by next-generation sequencing. While these results clearly demonstrate the presence of viral RNA, quantitative PCR analyses, and serological tests are needed to understand this infection and potential risks better. Like the dogs, the cat was asymptomatic, and there was no evidence it had developed a productive and infectious infection.