IDEXX Labs Sees No Coronavirus In Pets

(RTTNews) - IDEXX Laboratories Inc. (IDXX) said that it has seen no positive results in pets to date of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus strain responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 respiratory outbreak in humans.

IDEXX said it evaluated thousands of canine and feline specimens during validation of a new veterinary test system for the COVID-19 virus. The specimens used for test development and validation were obtained from specimens submitted to IDEXX Reference Laboratories for PCR testing.

The company noted that the new test results align with the current expert understanding that COVID-19 is primarily transmitted person-to-person and supports the recommendation against testing pets for the COVID-19 virus.