Can cat paws transmit plague? No, cat paws cannot transmit plague. Cats are born to hunt mice and have developed antibodies against the virus. Furthermore, plague is mainly transmitted by fleas and is a disease prevalent among wild rodents. This virus cannot infect cats, so it cannot be transmitted through cat paws. 
Cats develop antibodies against plague. The antibody system in a cat's body is immune to the plague bacterium. Even if a cat eats a rat infected with plague or a white tiger with an immune system, it will not get sick. This is a natural immunity that cats have acquired through long-term evolution. Other species, such as owls, eagles, and other birds, will not get plague, nor will dogs, but plague antibodies can be detected in their bodies. Dogs are also the indicator animals for plague monitoring in my country.
The main sources of infection for the spread of plague are rodents and other wild rodents, with wild rodents such as ground squirrels and marmots being the primary sources of infection.
Transmission routes: Bites from fleas carrying the plague bacterium; contact with animals infected with plague, such as skinning or cooking them; transmission from patients with pneumonic plague, i.e., healthy individuals becoming infected through inhalation after contact with patients with pneumonic plague. (Panic patients are the source of human-to-human transmission.)
