Stay updated with breaking news from Thomas deliberto. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
By Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Jan 30, 2021 3:01 PM By Kate Golden For Wisconsin Watch The first sign of trouble was that the mink stopped eating, said Hugh Hildebrandt, one of two main mink vets in Wisconsin. Next came coughing and sneezing, lethargy and labored breathing. Hildebrandt had worked with mink for 30 years. He wrote the Merck Veterinary Manual section on mink. But he had never seen anything like this. Captive mink have a flu season in the fall, just like people they get it from us, in fact. But what appeared in the two Taylor County, Wisconsin mink farms that saw outbreaks in October was not flu, which tends to sicken the weakest animals. This took out the strongest mink, the mature adult females. Over a few days, it killed hundreds per day and about 5,500 total on the two ranches. It whipped through by coat color, light to dark: The lighter-coat mink, ranch-bred to bring out recessive genes, have long been more delicate ....
Utah mink first wild animal to test positive for coronavirus heraldextra.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from heraldextra.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Detectado el primer caso de COVID-19 en un animal silvestre hipertextual.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hipertextual.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Copy to Clipboard (Getty Images) The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed the first known case of the coronavirus in a wild animal, a mink. In an alert to the International Society for Infectious Diseases, US officials said a wild mink had tested positive around an infected mink farm in Utah during the screening of wildlife around fur farms with outbreaks. Farmed mink are known to be susceptible to the virus, with cases reported at fur farms in the US and Europe. But this is the first known detection of the coronavirus in a “free-ranging wild mink.” It is unclear how the wild mink may have come into contact with infected mink on a farm. ....
Estados Unidos detecta el primer visón nativo contagiado por coronavirus antena3.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from antena3.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.