Community Chat

[Marp]

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@Bird mama wrote:

Boy I was just reading about the Bronx Zoo and how the keepers of the Gorillas/Monkeys what do you call them Primates (?) needed to be careful since those animals are closest to humans.

The CDC kept indicating on their website not to worry about passing it to your companion animals and I kept thinking about the dog in Hong Kong who caught a less severe case of Rona from it's person.

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@Bird mama,  the primate keepers wear masks at all times when in close contact with primates.  That has been a long established practice which is likely paying big dividends now.

[Marp]

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@FancyPhillyshopper wrote:

Well, the tigers caught it from one of their keepers.  Animals catch it from us, and can then pass it to each other.

However, it does not seem that they can pass it TO us.

There are a few other animals ill in the world as well.  

We need to practice social distancing with them, too!

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@FancyPhillyshopper,  you might find the results of a search on the term zoonotic diseases or zoonosis of interest or very scary depending on your animal point of view.

In spite of knowing about zoonotic diseases I will not be social distancing from my animals but will follow my normal practice of distancing myself from animals that are not part of my extended family.

[Tinkrbl44]

I've watched many episodes of The Zoo and my first thought was, of all the hundreds, if not thousands, of animals there, just what prompted them to test that tiger?  It was sneezing?  Coughing?  At first I thought the whole thing was a joke.

[Marp]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

I've watched many episodes of The Zoo and my first thought was, of all the hundreds, if not thousands, of animals there, just what prompted them to test that tiger?  It was sneezing?  Coughing?  At first I thought the whole thing was a joke.

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@Tinkrbl44,  this is an excerpt from an article about the zoo's cats at:  abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/tiger-nycs-bronx-zoo-tests-positive-coronavirus-69989185

At the Bronx Zoo, Nadia, her sister Azul, two Amur tigers and three African lions developed dry coughs, and some of the cats exhibited some wheezing and loss of appetite, said Dr. Paul Calle, the zoo's chief veterinarian.

The staff figured there could be a relatively routine explanation for the cats' symptoms but tested Nadia for coronavirus out of “due diligence and an abundance of caution,” Breheny said. Only Nadia was tested because it takes anesthesia to get a sample from a big cat, and she had already been knocked out to be examined.

The seven sickened cats live in two areas at the zoo, and the animals had contact with the same worker, who is doing OK, zoo officials said. They said there are no signs of illness in other big cats on the property.

[Anonymous032819]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

I've watched many episodes of The Zoo and my first thought was, of all the hundreds, if not thousands, of animals there, just what prompted them to test that tiger?  It was sneezing?  Coughing?  At first I thought the whole thing was a joke.

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@Tinkrbl44 

It was probably not eating, and lethargic.

When they had their vet examine it (under anesthesia), they took it's temperature, noticed that it was elevated, and from there did further testing to determine the cause of illness, and that's how they discovered that the tiger has/had Covid.

[Nataliesgramma]

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@Marp wrote:

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

I've watched many episodes of The Zoo and my first thought was, of all the hundreds, if not thousands, of animals there, just what prompted them to test that tiger?  It was sneezing?  Coughing?  At first I thought the whole thing was a joke.

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@Tinkrbl44,  this is an excerpt from an article about the zoo's cats at:  abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/tiger-nycs-bronx-zoo-tests-positive-coronavirus-69989185

At the Bronx Zoo, Nadia, her sister Azul, two Amur tigers and three African lions developed dry coughs, and some of the cats exhibited some wheezing and loss of appetite, said Dr. Paul Calle, the zoo's chief veterinarian.

The staff figured there could be a relatively routine explanation for the cats' symptoms but tested Nadia for coronavirus out of “due diligence and an abundance of caution,” Breheny said. Only Nadia was tested because it takes anesthesia to get a sample from a big cat, and she had already been knocked out to be examined.

The seven sickened cats live in two areas at the zoo, and the animals had contact with the same worker, who is doing OK, zoo officials said. They said there are no signs of illness in other big cats on the property.

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Thanks....you explainded it well!

[chlema]

@sunshine45 Zoo officials said the test that was done was not the same as the test that is used on animals, so human testing kits were not used. 

[JustJazzmom]

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@chlema wrote:

@sunshine45 Zoo officials said the test that was done was not the same as the test that is used on animals, so human testing kits were not used. 

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Correct! Veterinarians use a test designed for animals, not humans. 

[sunshine45]

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@chlema wrote:

@sunshine45 Zoo officials said the test that was done was not the same as the test that is used on animals, so human testing kits were not used. 

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very interesting......surprised they could create a test kit so quickly for animals when they have not been able to keep up with providing them for humans.

i wonder just how many other animals are infected or if there are any anywhere else?

[Stray]

The cats feel better today and will recover