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New research from China "We found that SARS-CoV-2 replicates poorly in dogs, pigs, chickens, and ducks, but efficiently in ferrets and cats."


What does "poorly" mean? Is that like being half pregnant? Can this research from China be replicated? Why haven't pigs in Wuhan and Hubei been tested for Covid-19?

Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and different domestic animals to SARS-coronavirus-2 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.30.015347v1.full.pdf

 "We found that SARS-CoV-2 replicates poorly in dogs, pigs, chickens, and  ducks, but efficiently in ferrets and cats."

"We also investigated the susceptibility of pigs, chickens, and ducks to SARS-CoV-2 by using the same strategy as that used to assess dogs; however, viral RNA was not detected in any swabs collected from these virus-inoculated animals or from naïve contact animals (Table 1), and all of the animals were seronegative for SARS-CoV-2 when tested by using the ELISA with sera collected on day 14 p.i. (Table 1). These results indicate that pigs, chickens, and ducks are not susceptible to SARS-CoV-2."

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