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A second snow leopard has tested positive for COVID-19 at the San Diego Zoo, just days after an earlier case, the organization said Thursday.
Zoo staff tested stool samples from Naphisa, a 3-year-old female snow leopard, after she developed a cough “within the past few days,” according to a spokesperson. After the sample tested positive for the coronavirus in the zoo’s lab, the staff sent another sample to the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System; the state-level lab confirmed the result.
That’s exactly what had happened July 23, when the zoo announced that Ramil, a 9-year-old male snow leopard, tested positive for the virus after keepers noticed he had a cough and runny nose.
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A second snow leopard has tested positive for COVID-19 at the San Diego Zoo, just days after an earlier case, the organization told the Union-Tribune on Thursday.
Zoo staff tested stool samples from Naphisa, a 3-year-old female snow leopard, after she developed a cough “within the past few days,” according to a spokesperson. When the sample tested positive for the coronavirus in the zoo’s own lab, wildlife staff sent another sample to the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System and the state-level lab confirmed the result.
That’s exactly what happened last Friday, when the zoo announced that Ramil, a 9-year-old male snow leopard, tested positive for the virus after keepers noticed he had a cough and runny nose.
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Ramil, a 9-year-old male snow leopard at the San Diego Zoo, has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to an announcement from the organization on Friday.
Zoo staff first tested the animal’s stool for the virus after noticing Thursday that he had a cough and runny nose. When that test came back positive, the wildlife care team sent samples to the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System so that the state-level lab could confirm the result, which it did.
And while the zoo is still waiting for a U.S. Department of Agriculture lab to triple-check the finding, it expects that sample to come back positive, too, according to a spokesperson.