Epidemiological studies
Epidemiological studies
Published 20 April 2020 | Updated 25 November 2020
On 20th March, IDEXX Laboratories reported1 that they had tested thousands of canine and feline specimens during validation of a new veterinary test system for the COVID-19. The samples originated from the United States and South Korea, and IDEXX has now expanded monitoring to Canada and European countries and has seen no positive results in pets to date.
Although they state that sampling included areas with high rates of COVID-19 in the human population, details of the sampling strategy and timing were not given.
Reference
1. IDEXX (2020) IDEXX SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) RealPCR Test [online] Available at: https://www.idexx.com/en/about-idexx/covid-19-resources/#results [Accessed 20 April 2020]
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