{"id":332,"date":"2020-06-15T17:05:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T21:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/animallawdevelopments\/?p=332"},"modified":"2020-06-15T17:05:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T21:05:01","slug":"usda-updates-confirmed-u-s-cases-of-sars-cov-2-in-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/animallawdevelopments\/2020\/06\/15\/usda-updates-confirmed-u-s-cases-of-sars-cov-2-in-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA Updates Confirmed U.S. Cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by John M. Simpson.<\/p>\n<p>On June 10, the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA\u2019s) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) provided an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/aphis\/ourfocus\/animalhealth\/SA_One_Health\/sars-cov-2-animals-us\">update<\/a> to the list of cases of SARS-CoV-2 that have been confirmed by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratories.\u00a0 The APHIS chart is reproduced below:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/animallawdevelopments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/06\/APHIS-COVID-19-Chart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-333\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/animallawdevelopments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/06\/APHIS-COVID-19-Chart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1937\" height=\"1091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/animallawdevelopments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/06\/APHIS-COVID-19-Chart.jpg 1937w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/animallawdevelopments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/06\/APHIS-COVID-19-Chart-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/animallawdevelopments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/06\/APHIS-COVID-19-Chart-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/animallawdevelopments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/06\/APHIS-COVID-19-Chart-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/animallawdevelopments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2020\/06\/APHIS-COVID-19-Chart-1536x865.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Given how APHIS has aggregated the data, it appears that the virus has been confirmed in the U.S. in four (4) tigers, two (2) lions, four (4) cats and one (1) dog.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the increase in cases reported, APHIS has given no indication of a change in its position (as we <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/animallawdevelopments\/2020\/06\/03\/covid-19-usda-confirms-first-u-s-case-of-sars-cov-2-in-pet-dog\/#more-329\">previously reported<\/a>) that \u201cthe risk of animals spreading the virus to people is considered to be low.\u00a0 There is no justification in taking measures against companion animals that may compromise their welfare.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by John M. Simpson. On June 10, the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA\u2019s) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) provided an update to the list of cases of SARS-CoV-2 that have been confirmed by the USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratories.\u00a0 The APHIS chart is reproduced below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[108,49,109,595,5,598,604,224,113],"ppma_author":[697],"class_list":["post-332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-animal-and-plant-health-inspection-service","tag-animal-law","tag-aphis","tag-covid-19","tag-john-simpson","tag-sars-cov-2","tag-sars-cov-2-infection-of-animals","tag-u-s-department-of-agriculture","tag-usda"],"authors":[{"term_id":697,"user_id":317,"is_guest":0,"slug":"jmsimpson","display_name":"John M. 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