Specialists from the US Ministry of Agriculture conducted a study, as a result of which found that wild deer are able to transfer to each other Coronavirus SARS-COV-2, causing the disease COVID-19, transfers Popular Science.
It is noted that cases of COVID-19 and the transmission of SARS-COV-2 coronavirus were recorded immediately in several states, including Iowa.
Scientists were convinced that white-tailed deers are able to transfer to each other coronavirus infection, as well as to infect her from people when contacting.
In this case, evidence that deer are capable of infecting human coronavirus has not yet been detected.
It is reported that specialists from the University of Pennsylvania and representatives of the Wildlife of the Wildlife of the State of Iowa took blood samples from those killed during the hunting of deer and found that almost 80% of the individuals studied were infected with coronavirus.