[New Crown Pneumonia] Zhou Qiaoer's 17-year-old squirrel dog dies Monday

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Written by: Lao Minyi

2020-03-20 19:00

Following the horse owner Zhou Qiao'er's 17-year-old squirrel dog suffered a "low-level infection" earlier, another two-year-old German wolf dog has tested positive for repeated tests of the virus. The owner is the 163th case, a 30-year-old woman, living at 86 Pok Fu Lam Road Jiayu Garden.

For the dogs who had been diagnosed earlier, Xue Hanzong, Assistant Director of Fisheries and Conservation (Inspection and Quarantine), said that he had studied with experts and thought that the dog had a good chance of being infected. However, the two previous virus tests were negative for the dog owner. It is very old and has long-term patients. It is believed that the cause of death is not due to new coronary pneumonia.

Xue Hanzong: Squirrel dogs have a good chance of infection

Owner Zhou Qiao'er's 17-year-old squirrel dog had a "weak positive" response to the virus test seven times earlier. Authorities believe that it had a low level of infection. The dog was negative on two samples on March 12 and 13. The authorities returned the dog to his owner Zhou Qiao'er, but it died two days later (March 16), and the animal husband expressed his unwillingness to determine the cause of the dog's autopsy.

Xue Hanzong said that the squirrel dog had been tested for about three weeks. Trace viruses were still found in more than ten days. He had studied with experts. For the first time, antibodies could not be found in the HKU serum test, and he would use a more accurate method to see if it had antibodies. , Which is still being tested, but thinks it has a good chance of being infected. He also pointed out that a genetic map test for dogs has found that dogs have the same genes as humans, and there is a great chance that the dogs will be transmitted by humans.

He also pointed out that because the virus was negative for the two previous tests returned to the dog owner, coupled with its very old age and murmur of the heart, it was speculated that the cause of death was not due to new coronary pneumonia.

Xue Hanzong pointed out that horse owner Zhou Qiao'er's 17-year-old squirrel dog has a good chance of being infected, but believes that the cause of his death was not due to new coronary pneumonia. (Photo by Yu Junliang)

German wolfdog samples more virus than Zhou Qiaoer squirrel dog

Xue Hanzong said that the two dogs were received from a residence in Pokfulin District the day before (18th): German wolf dogs and dong dogs. The former were positive after repeated tests. Both dogs are currently free of neocoronavirus-related symptoms and were sent to Animal shelters at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Port are subject to quarantine. He said that the German wolf dog had been tested for nasal cavity, oral cavity, stool and anal samples and found that the virus was more than the 17-year-old squirrel dog diagnosed earlier.

Xue Hanzong pointed out that because two dogs lived together in this case, but only one dog tested positive for the virus, there is no evidence that the dogs are easily infected with each other.

As for the treatment method, Xue Hanzong said that because the two confirmed dogs had no symptoms and no damage to the organs and cells due to the virus, and there were no antiviral drugs used in cats and dogs, they believed that the side effects of antiviral drugs had an impact on animals or were more severe. Without treatment, it is believed that the number of viruses will continue to decrease, and healthy bodies will also produce antibodies to neutralize the virus in the body, and then slowly recover. He also said that dogs are currently trapped, just to prevent them from taking the virus out.

The picture shows a German wolf dog, but not the dog involved. (Profile picture)

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