COVID vaccination for animals
San Diego Zoo vaccinate great apes. We have discussed many animal species that also can contract SarsCov2 including primates, cats, mink, ferrets and to a lesser degree dogs. Zoetis (a major a...
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IF YOU READ THE REPORT, the vaccine is an entirely different one from the one used in people. It was developed by a drug company ENTIRELY devoted to production of animal products. It in NO WAY takes away from ANY vaccinations to people.
BTW, I saw an article yesterday where a Coronavirus epidemic in PIGS that happened a few years ago resulted in the production of a vaccine and public health tools were used to stem that epidemic. The veterinarians were a little perplexed that they had not been contacted regarding the new SarsCov2
There has been an initiative for the last decade (at least) called ONE HEALTH. It recognizes that the health of all species are inter-related as witnessed by the emergence of multiple new diseases that originated in animals and spread to humans. The initiative coordinates information and research to combat just these types of problems.
Dr. Doug
BTW, I saw an article yesterday where a Coronavirus epidemic in PIGS that happened a few years ago resulted in the production of a vaccine and public health tools were used to stem that epidemic. The veterinarians were a little perplexed that they had not been contacted regarding the new SarsCov2
There has been an initiative for the last decade (at least) called ONE HEALTH. It recognizes that the health of all species are inter-related as witnessed by the emergence of multiple new diseases that originated in animals and spread to humans. The initiative coordinates information and research to combat just these types of problems.
Dr. Doug
