Snow leopard at San Diego Zoo tests positive for COVID-19

NY Post ^ | 7/23/21 | Patrick Reilly

[conservative98]

A snow leopard at the San Diego Zoo has tested positive for COVID-19 — forcing the zoo to temporarily shut down its leopard habitat to visitors, officials said Friday.

Zoo staff first noticed that Ramil, a 9-year-old male snow leopard, had a cough and a runny nose on Thursday, and sent the animal’s stool to be tested, according to a statement from the San Diego Wildlife Alliance.

The California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System confirmed the presence of the virus, the organization said.

The zoo is waiting for the US Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories to also confirm the results.

[Fury]

Name another virus in nature that has the cellular machinery to infect every mammal and most avians name one.

Please provide references that suggest that SARS-CoV-2 has the “cellular machinery” to infect most members of class Aves.

[grey_whiskers]

[Pollard]

Thanks for the reminder. I need to deworm the puppies.

[melancholy]

A bio weapon it is! And we ‘elect’ the feeble, stupid Chinese bidet to play footsie with Xi.

Riiiight!