{"id":942,"date":"2020-04-10T08:33:49","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T13:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/?p=942"},"modified":"2020-04-10T08:33:49","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T13:33:49","slug":"cats-as-coronavirus-fomites-fomites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/2020\/04\/10\/cats-as-coronavirus-fomites-fomites\/","title":{"rendered":"Cats as Coronavirus Fomites. Fomites?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-10-at-9.31.55-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-943\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-10-at-9.31.55-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-10-at-9.31.55-AM.png 1998w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-10-at-9.31.55-AM-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-10-at-9.31.55-AM-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/153\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-10-at-9.31.55-AM-1024x696.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CNN via \u00a0Boing Boing:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2020\/04\/09\/limit-the-spread-of-coronaviru.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Limit the spread of coronavirus by keeping your cat indoors<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/04\/08\/health\/coronavirus-cats-bva-advice-gbr-scli-intl-wellness\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>Cat owners who are self-isolating or have Covid-19 symptoms should consider keeping their pets indoors to stop them carrying the virus on their fur, a veterinary body has advised.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>The British Veterinary Association said animals &#8220;can act as fomites&#8221; (objects that can become contaminated with infectious organisms) and could hold the virus on their fur if they are petted by someone who has contracted it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;For pet owners who have Covid-19 or who are self-isolating we are recommending that you keep your cat indoors if possible, during that time,&#8221; the BVA said in a statement. &#8220;The virus could be on their fur in the same way it is on other surfaces, such as tables and doorknobs.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The body said, however, that its main advice to pet owners was to practice good hand hygiene.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN via \u00a0Boing Boing:\u00a0Limit the spread of coronavirus by keeping your cat indoors From CNN: Cat owners who are self-isolating or have Covid-19 symptoms should consider keeping their pets indoors to stop them carrying the virus on their fur, a <span class=\"readmore\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/2020\/04\/10\/cats-as-coronavirus-fomites-fomites\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-news","tag-owuenvs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":944,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions\/944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/envs110-198-498\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}