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Sue VandeWoude,, ,Angela Bosco-Lauth, and ,Christie Mayo

Deer and mink can harbor Covid-19: Why animal virologists say we need to worry


In April 2020, tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo made the news when they came down with Covid-19. In the months following these surprising diagnoses, researchers and veterinarians found SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in nearly a dozen other species, both in captivity and in the wild.

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