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Can your pets get coronavirus, and can you catch it from them?

  • Written by Annette O'Connor, Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology, Michigan State University
Our pets are always close at hand. Are they at risk during the pandemic?Mayte Torres/Moment via Getty Images

Humans and animals share many diseases. And as dramatically shown by the tigers that tested positive in the Bronx Zoo, the coronavirus is one of them. As threeveterinaryepidemiologists who study infectious disease, we have been asked a lot...

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