COVID-19 Information Page

Please visit the following links for information on COVID-19 and pet animals.

Educational Video for Pet Owners

• Pets and Covid-19

HKVA Press Release

• Press Release Covid-19 (31 March 2020)

WSAVA Assures Pet Owners

• WSAVA Assures Pet Owners

IDEXX

• Laboratory Sees No COVID-19 Cases in Pets

Hong Kong Sources (AFCD/CityU)

• AFCD Quarantine Recommendations
• CityU - City University Veterinary School, Hong Kong
• AFCD Press Release 28th February, 2020
• AFCD Press Release 4th March, 2020
• AFCD - Frequently Asked Questions, 5th March, 2020
• AFCD Press Release 12th March, 2020
• AFCD Press Release 19th March, 2020
• AFCD Press Release 26th March, 2020
• AFCD Press Release 31st March, 2020
• AFCD Notice 17th April, 2020

OIE

• World's Organization for Animal Health

RCVS

• Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

WSAVA

• World Small Animal Veterinary Association
• Press Release: WSAVA Calls for Veterinary Clinics to be Classified as 'Essential Businesses' Globally
• WSAVA Update, 3rd April, 2020
• WSAVA Update, 6th April, 2020
• WSAVA Covid-19 Advice and Resources
• WSAVA Webinar 17th April, 2020
• WSAVA Update, 29th May, 2020
• WSAVA Update 28 Sept, 2020

FASAVA

• President's Message

BSAVA

• BSAVA - COVID-19

ISFM

• COVID-10 Update for Vets

ISCAID

• COVID-19 taskforce updates

Australian Veterinary Association

• Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Queensland Vet Surgeon's Board

• COVIC-19 Recommendations

Newspaper/ Press Articles

• South China Morning Post - 5th March, 2020
• SCMP 24 March, 2020

Scientific Publications

• Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) from raccoon dog can serve as an efficient receptor for the spike protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
• SARS virus infection of cats and ferrets
• WHO Consensus Paper on SARS
• The Lancet, 'Remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial'
• Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Domestic Cats
  The New England Journal of Medicine
• SARS-CoV-2 in Animals - Case Definition, Testing & International Reporting Obligations
  Animal & Plant Health Agency
• SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Domestic Cats
  International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases
• Infection of dogs with SARS-CoV-2
  Nature
• Viral CpG Deficiency Provides No Evidence That Dogs Were Intermediate Hosts for SARS-CoV-2