A German shepherd in New York has officially become the country’s first dog to test positive for the novel coronavirus, a federal agency said this week.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday announced the German shepherd is the first dog to test positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes a COVID-19 infection.

“One of the dog’s owners tested positive for COVID-19, and another showed symptoms consistent with the virus, prior to the dog showing signs,” officials said, noting that a second dog in the household tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, suggesting it was likely exposed to the novel virus despite the fact it has not shown signs of illness.

A private veterinary lab first tested the German shepherd, resulting in a presumptive positive.

The news comes after a pug in North Carolina was initially suspected to be the country’s first positive COVID-19 case in a canine after researchers with Duke University tested it as part of a study.

There have been other reports of canines testing positive for the virus, such as a separate German shepherd in Hong Kong.