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    Summary: The U.S. reports multiple incidents of animal infections with new crowns

    • Last Update: 2021-09-28
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    Summary: The U.


    Xinhua News Agency, Washington, September 17th, report: U.
    S.
    reports multiple cases of animal infections with COVID-19

    Xinhua News Agency reporter Deng Xianlai Xu Jianmei

    The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, said on the 17th that six lions and three tigers in the park had tested positive for the new crown virus and that these animals were being treated
    .


    Prior to this, many cases of animal infections with the new crown have been reported in many places in the United States


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    The so-called "presumptive positive" refers to cases where the test sample has a positive test result in some laboratories, but has not yet been confirmed by an authority
    .


    According to a news released by the Smithsonian National Zoo on the 17th, some lions and tigers in the park had symptoms of loss of appetite, coughing, sneezing and lethargy last weekend


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    The park said that these lions and tigers have been treated as confirmed cases for close observation; they are receiving medication and can still be active outdoors; because they keep a sufficient distance from the animals, people who visit the park are not at risk of infection
    .


    In response to queries from Xinhua News Agency reporters, the park confirmed that no other animals in the park, including giant pandas, showed signs of infection with the new crown virus


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    The garden also said that people who had been in close contact with these ligers have been investigated, and the source of the new crown infection has not been found, which may be asymptomatic carriers of the new crown virus
    .


    A few days ago, the animal new crown vaccine developed by the US pharmaceutical company Shuo Teng has been approved by the US Department of Agriculture


    Animal infections with the new coronavirus are not uncommon in the United States
    .


    In January of this year, several gorillas at the San Diego Wildlife Park in California tested positive for the new coronavirus.


    A news report published on the website of the British journal Nature said that when researchers from the United States Department of Agriculture conducted a study on the new coronavirus antibody analysis of serum samples from some white-tailed deer in the northeastern United States, they found that one-third of the white-tailed deer sampled had Antibodies related to the new coronavirus, which indicates that they have been infected with the new coronavirus
    .

    In addition, the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo in Indiana, USA confirmed in early February this year that two tigers in the park had tested positive for the new crown virus
    .


    From March to April 2020, the Bronx Zoo in New York City confirmed that its five tigers and three lions were infected with the new crown virus


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    According to the latest data from the U.
    S.
    Department of Agriculture, as of the 13th of this month, there were 248 confirmed cases of animal new crowns in the United States, of which the top three animals in the order of confirmed cases were cats, dogs, and tigers
    .


    Other confirmed animals include mink, otter and snow leopard


    Tigers focus on the new crown pneumonia epidemic
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