Saudi Arabia - Humans warned against infecting cats with nCov coronavirus after 3 die in 4 months at just one veterinary clinic - feline infectious pe

[sharon sanders]

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Corona virus kills 3 cats in Saudi Arabia
Arabian Business
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Corona virus kills 3 cats in Saudi Arabia

Competent to prevent direct contact with the cat so as not to infect them.
Recorded a veterinary clinic in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia three deaths of cats infected with deadly Corona in four months.



And about 46 people were killed among the 94 confirmed cases of the virus, mostly in Saudi Arabia, mostly in the Eastern Province.



The newspaper quoted a "Middle" Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for a veterinary clinic manager Dr. Khaled Ambassav said the cats died of their inability to resist the virus.



He said, "transparent" The symptoms of the virus appear on the cats depending cat infected suddenly eating, coupled with the very high temperature up to 40 degrees, also increasingly fluid in the cat's body injured, and bulging stomach significantly cause a lack of balance and inability to walk and cirrhosis of the liver, kidneys and destroyed, resulting in the death of a cat in a period not exceeding three days.



He added that despite the attempt to combat the virus by giving antibiotics and needles for cats infected, but the weakness of their bodies makes them unable to resist.



And announced the unavailability of rays that reveal the virus in veterinary clinics in the eastern region except the Hospital of the company Aramco oil giant Aramco, recommending breed cats or therapists to take all safety procedures, and to prevent direct contact with the cat so as not to infect them.

http://arabic.arabianbusiness.com/society/healthcare/2013/aug/14/339259/#.UguPhY3vvw8

 

[Giuseppe]

Re: Saudi Arabia - Humans warned against infecting cats with nCov coronavirus after 3 die in 4 months at just one veterinary clinic

Re: Saudi Arabia - Humans warned against infecting cats with nCov coronavirus after 3 die in 4 months at just one veterinary clinic

One wonder whether there will be ever an OIE notification of this - possible but not confirmed - epizootics in KSA...

 

[Shannon Bennett]

Re: Saudi Arabia - Humans warned against infecting cats with nCov coronavirus after 3 die in 4 months at just one veterinary clinic

Re: Saudi Arabia - Humans warned against infecting cats with nCov coronavirus after 3 die in 4 months at just one veterinary clinic

While an epizootic among cats is not good, it does beg the question about cats being a possible reservoir for nCov.

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Saudi Arabia - Humans warned against infecting cats with nCov coronavirus after 3 die in 4 months at just one veterinary clinic - feline infectious peritonitis?

Marion Koopmans ‏@MarionKoopmans 30m
@flutrackers @helenbranswell This sounds more like feline infectious peritonitis, which is indeed a coronavirus infection but not MERS. 1/2

@flutrackers @helenbranswell FIPV causes symptoms described in the report. Is not zoonotic. 2/2

 

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Re: Saudi Arabia - Humans warned against infecting cats with nCov coronavirus after 3 die in 4 months at just one veterinary clinic - feline infectious peritonitis?

Published Date: 2013-08-15 14:57:38
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> MERS-CoV - Eastern Mediterranean (54): feline reservoir susp, RFI
Archive Number: 20130815.1882273

MERS-COV - EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (54): FELINE RESERVOIR SUSPECTED, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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Date: Wed 14 Aug 2013
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MERS-CoV kills 3 cats in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia
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A veterinary clinic in the eastern region [of Saudi Arabia] has recorded 3 deaths of cats infected with corona[virus] in 4 months.

According to the newspaper "Middle," the director of the clinic, Dr Khalid Ambassav explained that cats died for their inability to resist the virus. They suddenly stopped eating, had high body temperature above 40 deg C [104 deg F], "increased fluid in the cat's body, bulging stomach, lack of balance and inability to walk, and cirrhosis of the liver, and destroyed kidneys", resulting in the death in a period not exceeding 3 days.

Source in Arabic: Hasanews, 14 Aug 2013 http://www.hasanews.com/c-43924/#.Ugtbg2TXiDM

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[It is not clear on what basis the disease in the 3 cats is ascribed -- at least in the title of the report -- to MERS coronavirus, the causal agent of a fatal human disease. The veterinary authorities involved in the investigation of the cases may help clarifying the matter.

Severe respiratory disease in cats was reported earlier from Jordan, around December 2012. The communicator suggested excluding the possible involvement of coronavirus [MERS-CoV] vector (see ProMED-mail posting 20130519.1723544). The report was accompanied by the following comment by Mod.CP:

"The _Coronaviridae_ is a very diverse group of viruses. A worldwide, well known disease entity caused by a coronavirus in cats is feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). FIP virus is an _Alphacoronavirus_. The novel "Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus" (MERS-CoV), detected in human patients in several Middle Eastern countries, including Jordan, belongs to a different genus, namely _Betacoronavirus_."

For a description of FIP, see http://www.healthcommunities.com/feline-infectious-peritonitis/symptoms.shtml.

So far, no animal species has been found as the maintenance host or vector of MERS-CoV. Bats have been mentioned as possible and plausible candidates. Later, camels have been suspected.

Last October [2012], reportedly a team of scientists from the Saudi Ministry of Health, Columbia University, and EcoHealth Alliance began scouring Saudi towns near where cases of MERS had been reported. Samples were taken predominantly from bats. Camels, goats, sheep, and cats, which (at least, theoretically) might act as intermediate hosts, picking up the virus from bats and then infecting people, were sampled as well (see ProMED-mail posting 20130706.1810714). Results of the said investigations are pending.- Mod.AS