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<blockquote data-quote="LotusBud" data-source="post: 463423" data-attributes="member: 1123">Evan BushSun, January 2, 2022, 6:07 AMHumans have infected wild deer with Covid-19 in a handful of U.S. states and there’s evidence the virus has been spreading between deer, according to recent studies, which outline findings that could complicate the path out of the pandemic.Scientists swabbed the nostrils of white-tailed deer in Ohio and found evidence of at least six separate times that humans spread the coronavirus to deer, <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04353-x_reference.pdf" target="_blank">according to a study published last week in Nature</a>.About one-third of the deer sampled had an active or recent infection, the study says. Similar research in Iowa of tissue from roadkill and hunted deer found widespread evidence of the virus.The research suggests the coronavirus could be taking hold in a free-ranging species that numbers about <a href="https://www.fishwildlife.org/application/files/7315/3745/9637/AFWA_Deer_Mngmt_Pop_Areas_August_31_2018_version.pdf" target="_blank">30 million in the United States</a>. No cases of Covid spread from deer to human have been reported, but it’s possible, scientists say.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.yahoo.com/news/covid-rampant-among-deer-research-093018146.html[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LotusBud, post: 463423, member: 1123"] Evan Bush Sun, January 2, 2022, 6:07 AM Humans have infected wild deer with Covid-19 in a handful of U.S. states and there’s evidence the virus has been spreading between deer, according to recent studies, which outline findings that could complicate the path out of the pandemic. Scientists swabbed the nostrils of white-tailed deer in Ohio and found evidence of at least six separate times that humans spread the coronavirus to deer, [URL='https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04353-x_reference.pdf']according to a study published last week in Nature[/URL]. About one-third of the deer sampled had an active or recent infection, the study says. Similar research in Iowa of tissue from roadkill and hunted deer found widespread evidence of the virus. The research suggests the coronavirus could be taking hold in a free-ranging species that numbers about [URL='https://www.fishwildlife.org/application/files/7315/3745/9637/AFWA_Deer_Mngmt_Pop_Areas_August_31_2018_version.pdf']30 million in the United States[/URL]. No cases of Covid spread from deer to human have been reported, but it’s possible, scientists say. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/covid-rampant-among-deer-research-093018146.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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