Tag: reservoir
Poland: coronavirus strain found on a Polish mink farm can be directly transmitted from mink to humans and vice versa
A SARS-CoV-2 strain found on a Polish mink farm can be directly transmitted from the animals to humans and vice versa, the Agriculture Ministry has said.… ...More...
Croatia: no evidence of coronavirus spillover into wildlife or zoo animals found so far
“..the aim of our study was to investigate the possibility of natural infection by SARS-CoV-2 of free-living and captive wild animals within their ecological niche.… ...More...
USA: Oregon considers mink farm ban to prevent coronavirus transmission
A bill before the Oregon Senate would phase out mink farming within the state in less than a year because of concerns that mink represent a SARS-CoV-2 threat to public and animal health.… ...More...
UK SAGE: Lab studies suggest that the N501Y spike protein mutation increases binding to rat and mouse ACE2 leading to viral replication
A report issued by the UK government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) found the likelihood that a variant of concern (VOC) that has arisen in humans could infect a rodent and then spread among the animals is high.… ...More...
SARS-CoV-2 in a Dog, Connecticut, February 2021
Here, we report the first natural infection case of SARS-CoV-2 in dogs in Connecticut.… ...More...
The South African and Brazilian coronavirus variants can now infect mice
Here we show that unlike the initial virus, VOCs are able to infect common laboratory mice, replicating to high titers in the lungs.… ...More...
Belgium prison closes: Half of prisoners are infected with coronavirus
The Belgian prison Namur has been closed, just as the inmates have been locked inside their cells after half of them tested positive for coronavirus.… ...More...
Gorillas test positive for coronavirus at San Diego park
“Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus in what is believed to be the first known cases among such primates in the United States and possibly the world.… ...More...
Animal Coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2 in animals – a summary of what we know
“..SARS-CoV-2 is demonstrating the ability to infect and sometime cause respiratory distress in many mammalian species.… ...More...