With the spread of the coronavirus and the fear of being infected by their pets, many owners have taken to disinfecting them excessively. A danger to animal health and an unnecessary practice, alert veterinarians.
- Pet owners disinfect dogs and cats to prevent them from transmitting the coronavirus
- Veterinarians have seen animals burned or in an alcoholic coma due to disinfection
- There is no evidence of transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from pets
Many owners of pets, dogs or cats in particular, have embarked on a business of cleaning their small, or large, animals. A heresy according to veterinarians who warn of a growing number of cats in an alcoholic coma or dogs with burnt paws. In question, the use of hydroalcoholic gel or bleach to clean pets for fear of contamination with Covid-19.
A danger to animal health
For the moment, no scientific information shows that the coronavirus can be transmitted from a human to an animal or even between animals. It is therefore not necessary to clean your pet with hydroalcoholic gel or bleach, on the contrary it involves significant risks for them. “If you want to clean your animals after a walk, use soap and water and rinse well afterwards!”specifies the veterinary clinic of Saint-Jean in Aiacciu on its Facebook page, alerting against the increase in attacks on the health of pets in a desire for excessive disinfection.
This disinfection of pets is not without danger. “The animal is not believed to carry this disease at this time, which is believed to be human specificreports doctor Christophe Deleani, veterinarian in Sartenais-Valincu at Francebleu RCFM. We can sometimes provide people, when they have wounds to treat, with relatively mild disinfectants, and especially in limited quantities. If you start to do complete shampoos with bleach, or things that are too concentrated, obviously it will be aggressive on your skin. Especially when he goes to lick himself, he will ingest a product that is not made to be drunk..”
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