Animal experiments have shown that nonhuman primates, cats, ferrets, hamsters, rabbits,
and bats can be infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). …

Respiratory disease and increased mortality occurred in minks on two farms in the Netherlands,
with interstitial pneumonia and SARS-CoV-2 RNA in organ and swab samples. On both …

In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (April 2020), SARS-CoV-2 was detected in farmed
minks and genomic sequencing was performed on mink farms and farm personnel. Here, …

SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, caused respiratory disease outbreaks with
increased mortality in 4 mink farms in the Netherlands. The most striking postmortem finding …

Animals like mink, cats and dogs are susceptible to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. In the Netherlands,
69 out of 127 mink farms were infected with SARS‐CoV‐2 between April and November …

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 3 and 4 are a cause of human hepatitis and swine are
considered the main reservoir. To study the HEV prevalence and characterize circulating HEV …

We investigated viability of hepatitis E virus (HEV) identified in contaminated pork liver sausages
obtained from France. HEV replication was demonstrated in 1 of 4 samples by using a 3…

The zoonotic origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is still unknown. Animal experiments have
shown that non-human primates, cats, ferrets, hamsters, rabbits and bats can be infected by …

Objective Unprecedented SARS-CoV-2 infections in farmed minks raised immediate concerns
regarding transmission to humans and initiated intensive environmental investigations to …

The objective of this study was to develop quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (ReTi-PCR)
tests for the detection of five economically important viruses in swine semen …