Tag: Mink
North Jutland waste company wants to burn Denmark’s culled coronavirus infected mink after they have been exhumed
The task of digging up Denmark’s 17 million culled mink and burning them has been put out to tender. More...
Latvia: 9 mink dead from coronavirus on Baltic Devon mink farm, worker also ill with Covid-19
Two new coronavirus gene sequences collected from mink in the United States show mutations including N501T, G142D & F486L
Researchers in Canada have discovered two novel variants in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) gene sequences collected from mink in the United States. More...
Galicia reports a new outbreak of coronavirus on a mink farm
SARS-CoV-2 detected in a mink farm in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. More...
Two dead wild mink infected with coronavirus found in Castellon, Spain
Europe’s first infected wild animals. The two dead infected wild mink were found in the Mijares and Palancia rivers, in a border area of Castellón with Teruel, where the only population of wild minks in the Valencian Community can be found. More...
Denmark: Contamination from the mink graves must be removed due to coronavirus
Contamination from the mink graves must be removed.
Substances from buried mink have been found under the mink graves, according to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency’s pollution investigation. More...
11 escaped mink tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus antibodies in Utah
“Serum samples from the 11 mink escapees tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies by virus neutralization”
We captured 102 mammals (78 rodents and 24 mesocarnivores). More...
Denmark was right to cull mink: “SARS-CoV-2 mutations acquired in mink reduce antibody-mediated neutralization”
“These results suggest that antibody responses induced upon infection or certain antibodies used for treatment might offer insufficient protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants from mink.” More...
Poland finds first case of COVID-19 in mink
The Polish health minister has said mink on a farm in north-western Poland will be culled after the SARS-Cov-2 virus was detected. More...
33% Utah mink farms have been hit with COVID19 outbreaks, farm manager dead with Covid-19, farm cats and dogs infected
“..the problem [COVID-19 outbreaks on Utah mink farms] has greatly worsened since August 2020.” More...