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11 escaped mink tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus antibodies in Utah

“Serum samples from the 11 mink escapees tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies by virus neutralization”

We captured 102 mammals (78 rodents and 24 mesocarnivores). More...

March 3, 2021July 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com America, Animals, Coronavirus, Health, Infection, Mink, Mutation, Science, Testing, USA

Denmark was right to cull mink: “SARS-CoV-2 mutations acquired in mink reduce antibody-mediated neutralization”

“These results suggest that antibody responses induced upon infection or certain antibodies used for treatment might offer insufficient protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants from mink.” More...

February 16, 2021June 26, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com America, Animals, Asia, Coronavirus, Denmark, Europe, Health, Infection, Mink, Mutation, Reinfection, Science, Vaccine

3,100 mink from Galicia, Spain farm affected by Covid-19 gassed

The 3,100 mink were at a farm in A Baña (A Coruña) where employees had tested positive for Covid-19

This weekend the 3,100 mink which comprised the total stock of the mink farm ( 2,500 females and 600 males) were killed using the same gasification process as is normally used in order to obtain the fur pelts for which the animals are reared. More...

February 1, 2021July 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Coronavirus, Europe, Health, Infection, Mink, Mutation, Reinfection, Spain, Vaccine

Poland finds first case of COVID-19 in mink

The Polish health minister has said mink on a farm in north-western Poland will be culled after the SARS-Cov-2 virus was detected. More...

February 1, 2021July 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Coronavirus, Europe, Health, Infection, Mink, Mutation, Poland, Vaccine

33% Utah mink farms have been hit with COVID19 outbreaks, farm manager dead with Covid-19, farm cats and dogs infected

“..the problem [COVID-19 outbreaks on Utah mink farms] has greatly worsened since August 2020.” More...

January 26, 2021July 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com America, Animals, Coronavirus, Health, Infection, Mink, Mutation, Reinfection, USA, Vaccine

Second wild mink tests positive for Sars-Cov-2 outside Oregon mink farm

Since December, wildlife biologists with USDA Wildlife Services, under the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) direction, have captured and tested more than a dozen animals, including ten opossums, three cats, two skunks, and three mink. More...

January 15, 2021June 26, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com America, Animals, Coronavirus, Health, Mink, Mutation, Oregon, Reinfection, USA

Emergence of Y453F and Δ69-70HV mutations in a lymphoma patient with long-term COVID-19

“We report a genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 from a lymphoma patient with long-term COVID-19. More...

January 10, 2021July 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Coronavirus, Europe, Health, Long Covid, Mink, Mutation, Reinfection, Russia, Science, Treatment, Vaccine

1,000 mink culled at Canada fur farm after three test positive for coronavirus

Mink euthanized for their fur on a British Columbia, Canada farm where three animals tested positive for COVID-19

Mink at a Fraser Valley farm that was the site of a COVID-19 outbreak in December were recently euthanized and frozen, and will be pelted for their fur in the future. More...