COVID-19'S IMPACT ON THE ANIMAL KINGDOM — SO FAR
The novel coronavirus, and the COVID-19
disease that it causes, have sickened mostly humans. Here’s what we know about
the animals that have been infected.
BY NATASHA DALY
While the human tally of COVID-19 cases has
risen, animal cases have remained novelties. As of this moment, you can count
the affected species on one hand: lions, tigers, domestic cats, dogs, mink. The
pets contracted the virus from their owners; the big cats, likely from an
asymptomatic caregiver; and the mink, likely from fur farm workers or possibly
other infected animals.
The virus is zoonotic—originating with
animals—but causes a fundamentally human disease, says virologist Diego Diel of
Cornell University’s Animal Health Diagnostic Center. If the virus that humans
are spreading were a significant threat to animal health, he says, we’d know by
now.
Beyond that conclusion is a sea of unknowns. There’s no
evidence that domesticated animals can pass the virus to humans, but there’s
also no widespread animal testing. “Do we test every cat and dog that has
respiratory symptoms? Maybe we will be in 12 months,” says microbiologist
Shelley Rankin at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
“But the only reason we’ve done that in the past has been when there is a
direct link to human health.”
Tiger,
a world first
In April, Nadia, a four-year-old tiger at New York’s Bronx
Zoo, became the first non-domesticated animal in the world reported positive for the virus. Four other
tigers at the zoo later tested positive. The tigers had coughs; that and wheezing
were common animal symptoms.
Cats’
virus risk known
Cats are known to be susceptible to
coronaviruses, and several pet cats in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. have
tested positive for the virus. All but one belonged to people who had tested
positive for COVID-19, the disease the virus causes. The other was an outdoor
cat let out in an affected area.
Farms’
mink infected
On several fur farms in the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark,
and the U.S., mink tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. In
response, hundreds of thousands of mink on affected farms in Europe were
killed, and the Netherlands is shutting its mink farm
industry permanently.
Lions
weather virus
Three lions at the Bronx Zoo also tested positive.
Veterinary labs at Cornell University, the University of Illinois, and a
federal lab confirmed the results by testing fecal samples. All eight lions and
tigers are believed to have been infected by an asymptomatic zoo worker and
have recovered.
Dogs’
outcomes vary
In June a German
shepherd, Buddy, became the first dog in the U.S. to test positive; other dogs
have too. In July Buddy died, likely from
lymphoma. His case raises questions about whether some animals with underlying
conditions, like cancer, may be more suscept
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The Analyses
1. Topic
As
we can see on the tittle of above article, it contains about how covid - 19
impacts to many animals on the earth.
2. Main Ideas
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1st
Paragraph
While the human tally of COVID-19 cases has risen,
animal cases have remained novelties.
Main idea: covid – 19 impacts new
animal cases
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2nd
Paragraph
The virus is zoonotic—originating with
animals—but causes a fundamentally human disease, says virologist Diego Diel of
Cornell University’s Animal Health Diagnostic Center.
Main idea: covid – 19 came
from animals that infects human
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3rd
Paragraph
Beyond that
conclusion is a sea of unknowns.
Main idea: people doesn’t
know that animals infect virus or not
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4th
Paragraph
Only experimental
in-vivo studies, Diel says, could determine how susceptible different species
are to contracting, transmitting, or getting sick from this virus.
Main idea: vivo studies
experimental is the one could determined spesies
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5th
Paragraph
In April, Nadia, a
four-year-old tiger at New York’s Bronx Zoo, became the first non-domesticated
animal in the world reported positive for the virus.
Main idea: Nadia, the
first non – domesticated animal infected covid – 19
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6th
Paragraph
Cats are known to be susceptible to coronaviruses, and several pet cats in
Europe, Asia, and the U.S. have tested positive for the virus.
Main idea: cats are easy
to be infected by covid – 19
-
7th
Paragraph
On several fur
farms in the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, and the U.S., mink tested positive
for the virus that causes COVID-19.
Main idea: mink around nations
infected by covid – 19
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8th
Paragraph
All eight lions
and tigers are believed to have been infected by an asymptomatic zoo worker and
have recovered.
Main idea: as reported,
eight lions and tigers infected asymptomatic zoo worker
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9th
Paragraph
In June a German shepherd,
Buddy, became the first dog in the U.S. to test positive; other dogs have too.
Main idea: a german
shepherd, Buddy 1st infected dog in the U.S.
3. Supporting Details
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1st Paragraph
(.) As of this
moment, you can count the affected species on one hand: lions, tigers, domestic
cats, dogs, mink.
(.) The pets
contracted the virus from their owners; the big cats, likely from an
asymptomatic caregiver; and the mink, likely from fur farm workers or possibly
other infected animals.
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2nd
Paragraph
(.) If
the virus that humans are spreading were a significant threat to animal health,
he says, we’d know by now.
-
3rd
Paragraph
(.) There’s no
evidence that domesticated animals can pass the virus to humans, but there’s
also no widespread animal testing.
(.) “Do we test
every cat and dog that has respiratory symptoms? Maybe we will be in 12
months,” says microbiologist Shelley Rankin at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine.
(.) “But the only
reason we’ve done that in the past has been when there is a direct link to
human health.”
-
4th
Paragraph
This paragraph has 1 sentence which means it
doesn’t have any supporting detail.
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5th
Paragraph
(.) Four other tigers at the zoo later tested positive.
The tigers had coughs; that and wheezing were common animal symptoms.
-
6th Paragraph
(.) All but one belonged to people who had tested
positive for COVID-19, the disease the virus causes.
(.) The other was an outdoor cat let out in an affected
area.
-
7th Paragraph
(.) In response, hundreds of thousands of mink on
affected farms in Europe were killed, and the Netherlands is shutting its mink farm
industry permanently.
-
8th Paragraph
(.) Three lions at the Bronx Zoo also tested positive.
Veterinary labs at Cornell University, the University of Illinois, and a
federal lab confirmed the results by testing fecal samples.
-
9th Paragraph
(.) In July Buddy died, likely from
lymphoma. His case raises questions about whether some animals with underlying
conditions, like cancer, may be more suscept.
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Sources
Article
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/10/covid-19s-impact-on-the-animal-kingdom-so-far/
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Analysis Refferences
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