Tiger at NYC's Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus

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NEW YORK -- A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday.

The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia — and six other tigers and lions that have also fallen ill — are believed to have been infected by a zoo employee who wasn't yet showing symptoms, the zoo said. The first animal started showing symptoms March 27, and all are doing well and expected to recover, said the zoo, which has been closed to the public since March 16 amid the surging coronavirus outbreak in New York.

The finding raises new questions about transmission of the virus in animals. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which confirmed Nadia's test result at its veterinary lab, said there are no known cases of the virus in U.S. pets or livestock.
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Ruthanne said:
I was just thinking about transmission from humans to animals tonight. I'm glad the tigers are expected to recover.
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I want an injection of its blood when it recovers!!!
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Wait. The news claims that we are in dire need of swabs and tests for us humans, and now we're told some zoo animals have tested positive? Umm..how is it that a tiger can get a test but a human can't? This whole thing is nutso. I don't know what to believe and what is just baloney.
 
While the zookeepers generally keep a barrier between them and the cats, they do get within a few feet of the animals. “During the course of feeding and doing enrichment they will come within feet of them, but on opposite sides of the barrier,” said Dr. Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo.....read more below.....

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/...9ae4162e1355a6bff71ca9014f0e473#link-2ebc5ade
 
Bronx Zoo's former chief pathologist isn't surprised tiger has coronavirus. Here's what pet owners should know.....
Animal lovers across America were unnerved after it was announced Sunday that a tiger in New York’s Bronx Zoo tested positive for the coronavirus. Nadia, a Malayan tiger, was diagnosed with COVID-19 after showing symptoms of a dry cough and loss of appetite. Several other tigers and lions have shown symptoms of respiratory illness and are presumed infected.

Although some experts say it’s unlikely pets can get or transmit COVID-19, Yahoo Lifestyle spoke with Dr. Tracey McNamara, former chief pathologist at the Bronx Zoo, to get some answers. Dr. McNamara played a crucial role in investigating 1999's West Nile virus outbreak and was also a scientific adviser on the 2011 film Contagion. She tells Yahoo Lifestyle she is “not at all” surprised a tiger tested positive.

“That brings up all sorts of issues that I’ve been trying to address for two months. When you’re dealing with a new disease that can spread between [animal and humans] — it’s a zoonotic disease — I don’t know why anyone would think it’s only between bats and pangolins,” Dr. McNamara, who is involved in efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic, stated.

Zoonotic diseases are caused by germs that spread between animals and people. Researchers concluded COVID-19 developed naturally, likely from the recombination of a virus found in bats and another virus, possibly originating from pangolins (also known as scaly anteaters).....Read more.....

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/bro...ologist-tiger-coronavirus-pets-211843121.html
 

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