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. 2021 Feb 10:8:619207.
doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.619207. eCollection 2021.

SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Dogs and Cats: Facts and Speculations

Nicola Decaro  1 , Andrea Balboni  2 , Luigi Bertolotti  3 , Piera Anna Martino  4 , Maurizio Mazzei  5 , Francesco Mira  6 , Ugo Pagnini  7
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SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Dogs and Cats: Facts and Speculations

Nicola Decaro et al. Front Vet Sci. .
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Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; cats; dogs; facts; speculations.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The reviewer DD declared a shared affiliation with one of the authors, UP, to the handling editor at time of review.

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