Latvia detects uncontrolled mutation of COVID among minks; can be 'potentially dangerous'
“Minks continued to get sick throughout the spring and summer, and by the summer a paradoxical situation had developed: the delta strain," explains scientist
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“Minks continued to get sick throughout the spring and summer, and by the summer a paradoxical situation had developed: the delta strain," explains scientist
At least four of the virus' mutations discovered at the farm were reportedly described by scientists as potentially dangerous. 11.12.2021, Sputnik International
Covid-19 infection has been detected in nine dead mink at the Baltic Devon Mink farm in Iecava municipality, Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) told LSM April 10.
Baltic Devon Mink fur farm in Latvia. (Wiki.commons) Fur farming is an industry that involves farming animals for the use of their fur in luxury products, and its practice should be banned in B.C. Mink can spread and contract COVID-19 to and from other mink and people, which increases the health risk for our populations already struggling to cope with the pandemic. From an animal welfare perspective, conditions in the mink farms are concerning since the animals are often subjected to suffering and inhumane conditions. In B.C., many mink populations are kept in cages on farms to eventually be ...