Three new studies suggest that high proportions of cats and dogs may have acquired COVID-19 from their owners and that the virus jumped back and forth between humans and minks on farms in the Netherlands.SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in dogs, catsThe first, a small, unpublished study from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, suggests that a large proportion of pet cats and dogs may have gotten COVID-19 from their owners, as evidenced by antibodies against the coronavirus in their blood.The study, which will be presented at the Sep 23 to 25 virtual European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Conference on Coronavirus Disease, involved collecting nose, throat, and rectal swabs from 17 cats, 18 dogs, and 1 ferret