Table 1.
Signalment, health status, respiratory illnesses and exposure to COVID-19-affected humans of swab sampled animals. Numbers in bold indicate the characteristics of the RT-qPCR-positive cat (ID 234).
| Signalment, History, Clinical Signs |
Dogs | Cats | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % of Total Dogs | No. | % of Total Cats | No. | % of Total Animals | |
| Age | ||||||
| <1 year | 45 | 5% | 35 | 13% | 80 | 7% |
| 1–8 years | 466 | 53% | 122 | 47% | 588 | 52% |
| >8 years | 366 | 42% | 103 | 40% | 469 | 41% |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 430 | 49% | 114 | 44% | 544 | 48% |
| Male | 447 | 51% | 146 | 56% | 593 | 52% |
| COVID-19 exposure | ||||||
| Yes | 12 | 1% | 6 * | 2% | 18 | 1% |
| No | 145 | 17% | 58 | 22% | 203 | 18% |
| Not sure | 720 | 82% | 196 | 76% | 916 | 81% |
| Health status | ||||||
| Healthy | 165 | 19% | 80 | 31% | 245 | 21% |
| Sick | 688 | 78% | 174 | 67% | 862 | 76% |
| Not sure | 24 | 3% | 6 | 2% | 30 | 3% |
| Respiratory illness 1 | ||||||
| Yes | 67 | 8% | 25 | 10% | 92 | 8% |
| No | 810 | 92% | 235 | 90% | 1045 | 92% |
1 Includes clinical signs such as coughing and dyspnea, as well as disease processes such as conjunctivitis, stomatitis, rhinitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, tracheitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, pleuritis, pleural effusion, pleural edema, and unclassified pneumopathies. * The COVID-19 exposure of the RT-qPCR positive cat (ID 234) was initially documented as “not sure”, but was revised to “yes” after the owner later reported having experienced COVID-19 like symptoms at the time of the cat’s swab sampling and was confirmed to have antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, as reported in detail in a case report [42].