Scientist in South Africa believe they have successfully identified the first time the rabies virus has spread to sea mammals ...

The only other known case of rabies in a sea mammal was in a ringed seal in Norway's Svalbard islands in the early 1980s.

Scientists in South Africa say they have identified an outbreak of rabies in seals that is believed to be the first time the ...

With genetic samples from the infamous Wuhan market, a new study makes the case that raccoon dogs are likely the animal that ...

A study of more than 450 fur animals in China has revealed dozens of new viruses and cross-species infections, including some with high risk of human spillover. Raccoon dogs and minks carried the ...

In the study, the researchers called for increased surveillance of fur farm animals – particularly for minks, raccoon dogs and guinea pigs, which recorded the most “high risk” viruses.

A study in Nature reveals that animals farmed for fur, food, or traditional medicine, such as raccoon dogs and minks, harbor numerous viruses. Researchers found 125 different viruses in samples from ...

Novel and potentially dangerous viruses, including coronaviruses and influenza, are harbored in raccoon dogs, mink and other animals farmed for fur in China, scientists found in the first in-depth ...

Raccoons carried the highest number of high-risk viruses ... To better assess the public health risks associated with fur farming and other types of animal production, more extensive and regular ...

“Fur farms represent a far richer zoonotic soup ... farmed and studied animals (such as mink, muskrats, foxes and raccoon dogs), but also species including guinea pigs and deer.