New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market
The canines, named for their raccoon-like faces, are often bred for their fur and sold for meat in animal markets across China.
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The canines, named for their raccoon-like faces, are often bred for their fur and sold for meat in animal markets across China.
However, the new findings do not settle the question, and they have not been formally reviewed by other experts or published in a peer-reviewed journal.
(CTN NEWS) - Raccoon dog DNA was found in genetic samples from a Chinese market not far from where the first human cases of COVID-19 were discovered.
The raccoon dog earns its name from its facial markings similar to raccoons. The animals are known to be sold at the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, where many virologists suspect that the Covid-19 pandemic may have started.
The findings are significant, even though they aren't definitive