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Dozens of captive animal species have been found infected or proven able to be experimentally infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus has also been found in over a dozen wild animal species. Most animal species that can get the virus have not been proven to be able to spread it back to humans.
Some 2,000 animals have been expected to be killed after a worker in a pet shop tested positive for the virus, which was also found among the pets. Conscious of the virus' ability to spread among hamsters, [ 38 ] and the possibility of transmission between species, in line with the territory's 'zero covid' policy, the cull was invoked.
The virus causes a lethal haemorraghic disease in domestic pigs. Some strains can cause death of animals within as little as a week after infection. In other species, the virus causes no obvious disease. ASFV is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and exists in the wild through a cycle of infection between ticks and wild pigs, bushpigs and warthogs. [12]
A fatal virus has been discovered in shrews in Alabama, sparking concerns about potential contagion to humans. The Camp Hill virus was discovered by researchers at The University of Queensland.
Officials at Wildlife World Zoo in Arizona reported two big cats and three large birds died, while 25 human employees were also exposed to the bird flu.
In animals, rabies is a viral zoonotic neuro-invasive disease which causes inflammation in the brain and is usually fatal. Rabies, caused by the rabies virus, primarily infects mammals. In the laboratory it has been found that birds can be infected, as well as cell cultures from birds, reptiles and insects. [1]
Honey bee infected with deformed wing virus. Arthropods are the largest group of animals and have shown to be a major reservoir of different viruses, both insect-specific viruses (ISV) and viruses that can infect both vertebrates and invertebrates, more known as arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses).
Abelson murine leukemia virus; Adelaide River ephemerovirus; Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma; African horse sickness; African swine fever virus; Agamid adenovirus; Airsacculitis; Alcelaphine gammaherpesvirus 2; Aleutian disease; Alphacoronavirus 1; Anatid alphaherpesvirus 1; Anatid herpesvirus 1; Animal Health Act 1981; Animal Health and Welfare ...