Tag: Mink
Second wild mink tests positive for Sars-Cov-2 outside Oregon mink farm
Since December, wildlife biologists with USDA Wildlife Services, under the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) direction, have captured and tested more than a dozen animals, including ten opossums, three cats, two skunks, and three mink. More...
1,000 mink culled at Canada fur farm after three test positive for coronavirus
Mink euthanized for their fur on a British Columbia, Canada farm where three animals tested positive for COVID-19
Mink at a Fraser Valley farm that was the site of a COVID-19 outbreak in December were recently euthanized and frozen, and will be pelted for their fur in the future. More...
Mink infected with coronavirus escapes Oregon fur farm
A mink caught outside a farm in Oregon in mid-December has tested positive for low-levels of the coronavirus. More...
New UK coronavirus mutation “may be associated with rodent/mustelid adaptation”
“What else do we know about mutations at S:501 more generally? More...
First case of coronavirus detected in wild animal
The first known case of coronavirus in a wild animal has been reported, leading to calls for widespread monitoring of wildlife. More...
All Dutch mink culled to prevent coronavirus mutations
All minks in the Netherlands have been culled
The mink sector in the Netherlands has come to an end. More...
Mink mutation coronavirus now 31% of all infections in North Jutland, Denmark
Denmark’s SSI: Coronavirus from mink is still contagious in the community
Approximately 15 million mink have been killed so far, mink variations of corona infection have become more and more widespread in society. More...
Mink mutation coronavirus infections rising sharply in Denmark
‘Dangerous cocktail’ threatens public health: Infection with a special mink mutation is rising sharply
The number of Danes affected by corona infection with the special mutations that originate from mink farms is approaching 2,700 and has contributed “significantly” to the spread of infection in Denmark, SSI estimates. More...
Lithuania culls coronavirus infected mink
Lithuania has begun killing coronavirus-infected mink following Denmark’s mass cull. More...