Monkeys Become First Animals To Receive COVID Vaccine In Test Trial
03/04/21 AT 11:20 AM
As the COVID vaccine rolls out to Americans across the country, doses of an experimental COVID shot are being administered to a number of monkeys at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
The milestone vaccine trial is the first time that non-humans have received the COVID shot. The first animal to receive the COVID vaccine at the zoo was an orangutan named Karen, who was also the first ape to undergo heart surgery in 1994, National Geographic reported.
The news outlet also said that three other orangutans and five bonobos have also received two doses of the shot in February. The vaccine was specifically developed for animals by the veterinary pharmaceutical company Zoetis.
Simios son vacunados contra el Covid-19 en zoológico de San Diego
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First great apes at U.S. zoo receive COVID-19 vaccine made for animals
Orangutans and bonobos at the San Diego Zoo have received a coronavirus vaccine, Nat Geo has learned, after some zoo gorillas tested positive in January.
Frank, a 12-year-old gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, is pictured after recovering from the coronavirus. After his troop of eight western lowland gorillas got sick in January, zoo staff received experimental COVID-19 vaccines from veterinary pharmaceutical company Zoetis to give to other great apes in their care, including bonobos and orangutans.
ByNatasha Daly
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An orangutan named Karen, the first in the world to have open-heart surgery in 1994, has made medical history again: She’s among the first great apes to get a COVID-19 vaccine.