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Why Test a Tiger for Coronavirus?

Wired (April 12) – “This is a disease nobody knows about. … We need to all work together and collaborate across states, across countries, across specialties to be able to get the answers that everyone needs to be able to fight this virus effectively and efficiently,” says Sam Sander, a wildlife veterinarian at the University of Illinois.  “We used a similar molecular test as the human test,” says Leyi Wang, the veterinary virologist who created the test used on Nadia’s samples at the University of Illinois.

https://www.wired.com/story/tiger-coronavirus-bronx-zoo/