Gorillas at San Diego Zoo have Covid-19

[Eldorado]

As many as eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are presumed to have contracted COVID-19 from a human handler after one of the animals tested positive, marking the first known transmission of the virus to apes, zoo officials said on Monday.

Three among the band of critically endangered western lowland gorillas at the sprawling wildlife park have shown symptoms of the respiratory virus, such as coughing, though none appears severely ill, and all are expected to fully recover, the zoo said in online statements.

Full story at Reuters: Link

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I still say it's a good idea to test all pet dogs and cats in the vicinity of recent outbreaks ...

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[Still Waters]

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Gorilla treated with antibodies recovering from COVID, says US zoo

An elderly gorilla was recovering from a serious case of COVID-19 after he was treated with cutting-edge synthetic antibodies, the San Diego Zoo said Monday.

Veterinarians are now identifying which animals to inject with the zoo's limited supply of vaccines.

Winston, 48, was one of several gorillas among the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's troop who were confirmed positive for the virus on January 11, based on fecal samples.

https://phys.org/news/2021-01-gorilla-antibodies-recovering-covid-zoo.html

[Still Waters]

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First great apes at U.S. zoo receive COVID-19 vaccine made for animals

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/first-great-apes-at-us-zoo-receive-coronavirus-vaccine-made-for-animals

[Eldorado]

A number of great apes have been given an experimental COVID-19 vaccine following an outbreak of the virus at a zoo in California.

Four orangutans and five bonobos have each received two doses of a jab developed by Zoetis, a veterinary pharmaceutical company, National Geographic reported.

Among those jabbed is Karen, who became the first orangutan in the world to have open-heart surgery in 1994.

There have been no adverse reactions to the jabs and the apes are doing well, said San Diego Zoo's chief conservation and wildlife health officer, Nadine Lamberski.

Full story at MSN: Link

[Dreamer screamer]

Disgusting!!!  

[spartan max2]

4 minutes ago, Dreamer screamer said:

Disgusting!!!  

Us trying to protect great apes is disgusting?

[Silver]

35 minutes ago, Dreamer screamer said:

Disgusting!!!  

It seems from the article they are doing well. What do you find disgusting?

[Myles]

Glad they are doing this.