Deer, mink and hyenas have caught COVID-19 – animal virologists explain how to find the coronavirus in animals and why humans need to worry
- Written by Sue VandeWoude, University Distinguished Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology and Director of the One Health Institute, Colorado State University
White-tailed deer are one of the few wild species that scientists have found to be infected with the coronavirus – at least so far.Andrew C/WikimediaCommons, CC BYIn April 2020, tigers and lions at the Bronx Zoo made the news when they came down with COVID-19. In the months following these surprising diagnoses, researchers and veterinarians...

