COVID detected in a California mule deer, first wildlife case in state
California wildlife officials have confirmed the state’s first case of COVID-19 in a wild animal, detected in a mule deer killed in 2021 in El Dorado County. The coronavirus has been confirmed in pets and zoo animals, but the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said this is the first case of COVID-19 confirmed in “free-ranging California wildlife,” according to a news release from the ...
by Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times
Apr 27, 2023
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California wildlife officials have confirmed the state’s first case of COVID-19 in a wild animal, detected in a mule deer killed in 2021 in El Dorado County.
The coronavirus has been confirmed in pets and zoo animals, but the
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