Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(5): xx-xx 1846 Review Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.905.209 Covid-19 and Animal Health Concerns-A Veterinarian Perspective K. Satish Kumar* Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Science, Rajendranagar PVNR Telangana Veterinary University, Hyderabad – 30, Telangana State, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction Basically corona viruses are a group of viruses that causes disease in animals, named for the crown-like spikes on their surface. The genus Corona virus is composed of at least three genetically and antigenically distinct groups of corona virus that causes mild to severe enteric, respiratory or systemic disease in domestic and wild animals, poultry, rodents and carnivores and mild cold in humans. So far, there are four main sub-groups (alpha, beta, gamma and delta) and seven types of corona viruses (229E, NL63, OC43, HKU1, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2) have been identified including the recent new noval corona virus that entered humans, but most just cause cold (NCIRD, 2020). Though Covid19 is closely related to SARS and MERS, which swept around the world in 2002 and 2012, the present SARS-COV-2 is different to these two other corona viruses with respect to mild infection in 80% of cases and 20% severe. Almost every state is International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 5 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Though Covid19 is closely related to SARS and MERS, the present SARS- COV-2 is different to these two other corona viruses with respect to mild infection in 80% of cases and 20% severe. Based on the available literature, the Covid-19 pandemic is linked to a fish market, though the exact source is yet to confirm. So far it is understood that this novel corona virus causes respiratory symptoms and spreads as droplet infection in humans, people who are infected but asymptomatic also play a role in spread. At the same time, there is no established evidence that the companion animals can spread covid19 to humans. It should be understood that any kind of pet and companion animal is not a vector of the present pandemic, and hence, there is no reason to abandon the man’s beloved companion. Keywords Covid-19, Animal Health Concerns Accepted: 15 April 2020 Available Online: 10 May 2020 Article Info