The 3,100 mink were at a farm in A Baña (A Coruña) where employees had tested positive for Covid-19
This weekend the 3,100 mink which comprised the total stock of the mink farm ( 2,500 females and 600 males) were killed using the same gasification process as is normally used in order to obtain the fur pelts for which the animals are reared.
The bodies were taken to the Gesuga waste treatment plant in Cerceda for incineration.
According to the authorities the likely source of the infection was the two people who look after the mink at the farm: after the outbreak was detected both returned negative PCR tests but positive results in antibody testing, indicating that they had previously been infected although without symptoms.
