Predictors for SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity in Owned and Feral Cats in North Georgia

Sarah Blankespoor, a student at California Polytechnic University, worked in the lab of Dr. Mark Tompkins Abstract Little is known about the epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in animal populations. Cats are a host for the virus, with cat-to-cat transmission demonstrated in lab settings. Both feral and owned cats interact with many species and could drive interspecies