A pug belonging to a family in Chapel Hill, NC, is believed to be the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in a dog in the U.S.
April 28, 2020 -- A pet dog that's part of a Duke University study is believed to be the first in the United States to test positive forThe dog is a pug named Wilson who belongs to a family in Chapel Hill, NC. The mother, father and son in the home also tested positive for the coronavirus, but another family dog and cat didn't test positive,"To our knowledge, this is the first instance in which the virus has been detected in a dog.
Since then, there have been several suspected cases of coronavirus reported in cats, but research suggests that dogs have low susceptibility to the virus, according to
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