204 - Denmark's Mink Situation and an Update on Pets and COVID-19

from Public Health On Call · host Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Denmark, one of world's leading pelt producers, is culling all of its farmed mink after evidence that a different variant of SARS-CoV-2 might be circulating among the animals. Veterinary expert Dr. Meghan Davis returns to the podcast to talk with Stephanie Desmon about whether or not mink pose a danger to humans, what the news means for disease surveillance, and an update on household pets and COVID-19. KEYWORDS: zoonotic virus; contact tracing; animal health

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