Mink is only farm animal in Covid-19 pandemic

Mustelids, an animal group which includes mink, are susceptible to infection with coronavirus, but other farm animals are not.

Farmers’ fears that Covid-19 could affect livestock are unfounded, regardless of Denmark’s plan to kill its 17 million mink produced on farms for the fur industry, in order to prevent a mutated form of coronavirus from spreading.

Other farm animals are at little risk. No cases of coronavirus infections are known in pigs, cows and poultry. Research shows that they are not sensitive to coronavirus.