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What the COVID-19 Pandemic Reminds Us About Animal Biosecurity

June 15, 2021

  COVID-19: What We Know  The SARS-COV2 virus spreads between people easily, through the respiratory droplets produced (such as in breathing or coughing). As we have practiced in the past year, masks and social distancing help slow the spread of COVID-19.  Vocabulary: SARS-COV2 is the virus and it causes COVID-19, the disease.   COVID-19 and Animals  In some … [Read more...]

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