Padirac skrev 2022-01-02 17:48:58 följande:
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/mo...
"They?re now part of a group of
315 animals from 15 species in the United States confirmed to have SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The list also includes cats, dogs, tigers, lions, snow leopards, gorillas, otters, a cougar, a ferret, white-tailed deer. (Infected mink, nearly all on fur farms, are not included in the total).
What do we know about which animals can get the virus? And what does it mean for them?and us?
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It?s possible that new variants would be harmless to certain species, Diel says, because ?as the virus becomes more effective in transmitting between humans, it may become less effective in moving between animals.?
As of now, there?s no evidence that with the exception of mink, any species, including pets, can transmit the virus to humans, or that variants have emerged after mutating in another species.
Most animals don?t seem to get seriously ill from COVID-19.
The majority of animals in the U.S.?including Ngozi and Kibo, the hyenas?have had only mild symptoms and made full recoveries.
The most serious cases have occurred in snow leopards and mink. At Lincoln Children?s Zoo, in Nebraska, three snow leopards died in November from complications from COVID-19. It?s unclear if they had underlying conditions. And thousands of mink have died at 17 fur farms in Utah and other states. Millions more have been euthanized on farms in Denmark and the Netherlands."