mink

The risks associated with continuing industrial mink farming outweigh the limited societal benefits, write infectious disease specialists Jan Hajek, Alastair McAlpine and Victor Leung.

For the first time, the COVID-19 virus has been detected in Canadian wildlife.

British Columbia has placed a moratorium on new mink farms and capped existing farms at their current numbers after two more of the animals tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.

The operator of a second British Columbia mink farm with animals that tested positive for COVID-19 has euthanized the remaining 1,000 mink, says the province's chief veterinarian.

A COVID-19 outbreak at a British Columbia mink farm likely spread from eight workers to some of the animals, says the province's chief veterinarian.

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