Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory Researchers tested three cats, two dogs, two anteaters; all tested negative

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WADDL tests pets for COVID-19

ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen reporter
April 14, 2020

Researchers tested three cats, two dogs, two anteaters; all tested negative
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Powell said researchers at WADDL tested three cats, two dogs and two anteaters so far. All of the animals tested negative for the virus. During the early stages of testing, they tested a dead and live cat, both of which lived with owners who tested positive for COVID-19.

The owner of the dead cat asked WADDL researchers to do a necropsy — a way to examine a dead animal to learn why it died — because his cat died all of a sudden, Powell said. They discovered that the cat had died of common heart disease.
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