COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
In a study in Emerging Infectious Diseases late last week, Canadian and US researchers found that pigs are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, highlighting the need for additional livestock assessment to determine the potential role of domestic animals in the pandemic.
Previous studies indicated that swine are not susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection, but they did not measure seroconversion (antibody production), the authors note.
They inoculated 19 eight-week-old
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8041877&promed&0
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