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PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (555): USA (CO) animal, black-footed ferret, vaccine
COVID-19 -- United StatesIn late summer [2020], as researchers accelerated the 1st clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines for humans, a group of scientists in Colorado worked to inoculate a far more fragile species. About 120 black-footed ferrets, among the most endangered mammals in North America, were injected with an experimental COVID vaccine aimed at protecting the small, weasel-like creatures rescued from the brink of extinction 4 decades ago.The effort came months before US Department of Agriculture Read more [...]
