From: slider@atashram.com

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for coronavirus after
seemingly being infected by an employee.

Vets confirmed Nadia, a four-year-old Malayan tiger, had contracted the
disease after she and six other big cats all fell ill at the New York zoo
in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the US
or a tiger anywhere.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/tiger-nadia-bronx-zoo-coronavirus-a4407591.html

The first animal started showing symptoms March 27, and all are doing well
and expected to recover, said a zoo spokesman.

It is believed a zoo employee who was not yet showing symptoms had
infected the animals.

Dr Paul Calle, the zoo’s chief veterinarian said the facility “tested the cat out of an abundance of caution” with an aim to “contribute to the world’s continuing understanding of this novel coronavirus”.

The finding raises new questions about transmission of the virus in
animals. The US Department of Agriculture, which confirmed Nadia’s test result at its veterinary lab, says there are no known cases of the virus
in US pets or livestock.

“There doesn’t appear to be, at this time, any evidence that suggests that the animals can spread the virus to people or that they can be a source of
the infection in the United States,” said Dr Jane Rooney, a veterinarian
and a USDA official.

The USDA said it is not recommending routine coronavirus testing of
animals, in zoos or elsewhere, or of zoo employees.

But Dr Rooney said a small number of animals in the US have been tested
through the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories, and all
those tests came back negative except Nadia’s.

The zoo has been closed to the public since March 16 amid the surging coronavirus outbreak in New York, where more than 4,200 people have died.

### - well at least they appear to be recovering? ditto a couple of dogs
also testing positive for it too here...

plus am guessing that what we *don't* needs just now is a further cross-contamination 'back' to us humans again from those animals thus
maybe creating a new strain of this shit in the process that's even worse?

tiger flu! :)

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