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| National Zoo vaccinates primates against COVID-19 |
| 2021-10-16 |
| [FoxNews] More species will be vaccinated soon, the National Zoo said. The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute vaccinated several of their primates against COVID-19 this week, saying it was just the beginning of animal coronavirus inoculations at its locations. The zoo announced in a press release Friday that staff administered the first round of two-dose shots to 11 animals on Wednesday: seven orangutans, a western lowland gorilla, one white-eared titi monkey and two emperor tamarins. The vaccine used was developed specifically for animals by Michigan-based veterinary pharmaceutical company Zoetis after the company saw that a dog in China contracted the virus early in the pandemic. Zoetis said in a press release in July that its shots were authorized on a "case-by-case basis by the United States Department of Agriculture" for an array of zoo animals, but said the shots are "not needed in pets or livestock at this time." The National Zoo also provided a status update on the lions and tigers under its care that had tested "presumptive positive" for COVID-19 last month, saying the big cats were "recovering well" and "behaving, eating and drinking normally." "Vaccines will continue to be administered to select animals identified as susceptible species at the Zoo and at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, in the coming months," the zoo explained, adding that "the lions and tigers will receive the vaccine no sooner than 90 days post-infection." Zoos in different parts of the country have increasingly been vaccinating myriad species with the Zoetis vaccine. The Denver Zoo and Oakland Zoo used the jab on some of their animals over the summer, CBS News reported, and the Denver Zoo is planning to do the same. FOX 35 reported Thursday that ZooTampa has also begun vaccinating its animals. "Species such as Florida panthers, skunks, otters and primates are on top of the list to vaccinate," Fox 35 reported. "The zoo has received enough doses to vaccinate roughly 19 species which includes 93 animals." |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 Are they vaccinating the bats? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2021-10-16 09:56 |
| #3 Whenever someone says Ivermectin is horse medicine I can now say the Covid vaccines are Ape medicine. |
| Posted by: Clyde Speaking for Boskone6101 2021-10-16 04:16 |
| #2 Deer in our area are said to have the Covid. I asked a Vet. animal Doctor and he said they don't get Covid. |
| Posted by: Dale 2021-10-16 03:46 |
| #1 In 6 months, they will be dropping dead, like flies sprayed with Ortho. |
| Posted by: Black Bart Speaking for Boskone8191 2021-10-16 00:07 |