WSU researchers begin testing animals for COVID-19
While doctors and scientists fight COVID-19 from the frontlines, some researchers at Washington State University in Pullman are taking a unique approach to studying the virus.
Many KREM viewers have asked us questions about whether our pets can get coronavirus, especially after news of a tiger who tested positive at New York City's Bronx Zoo. While researchers aren't completely sure about the answer yet, some at WSU are working to find it.
Researchers with the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (WADDL) at WSU have tested two cats for the virus so far, but they say this is only the beginning.
"Now the floodgates are starting to open to a bit. We started getting not only different species but they've got pending submissions of hundreds of animals coming from some state agencies and other institutions to begin this quick turn-around testing we can do for this,” said Charlie Powell with the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine.
The researchers at WSU are trying to figure out whether COVID-19 can be passed back and forth between humans and other animals. They know that the SARS strain from the early 2000s could be passed between cats and people.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/wsu-researchers-begin-testing-animals-for-covid-19/ar-BB12rukS
= new reply since forum marked as read
having the virus multiply.
Too bad, cougars are cats. 