Ancient DNA From 1,600-Year-Old Iranian Sheep Mummy Brings History to Life
A team of geneticists and archaeologists from Ireland, France, Iran, Germany, and Austria has sequenced the DNA from a 1,600-year-old sheep mummy from an ancient…
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26 Animals Regularly in Contact With People May Be Susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Virus
Numerous animals may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a large study modeling how the virus might infect different animals’…
Ruminant Orthobunyavirus Takes Northern Europe By Surprise
A new virus has been found that causes fetal malformations and stillbirths in cattle, sheep and goats in northern Europe. Scientists don’t have a clue about…