Tag: mink
Mink farms: Europe risks the next pandemic for lust for luxury – health
A comment from Werner Bartens One of the stubborn illusions is that crises are also opportunities. In this respect, the category “Lessons from the Pandemic” is currently being lively. Misjudgments…
Bird flu on mink farm: experts fear virus mutations
Status: 01/29/2023 3:48 p.m Scores of animals have died on a Spanish mink farm following the outbreak of bird flu. Experts are alarmed: they see signs that the H5N1 virus…
Diseases: Avian influenza in mink: new adaptation step of the viruses?
Diseases Avian flu in mink: new adaptation step of the viruses? Due to the largest wave of avian influenza ever documented in birds, the pathogen gets more opportunities to spread…
After a long break: Denmark’s mink breeding is up and running again
Status: 04.01.2023 07:23 The Danish government had millions of mink killed during the corona pandemic. Now the industry with the fur animals is to be ramped up again. Animal rights…
After mink scandal: Denmark elects new parliament on November 1st
Status: 05.10.2022 2:55 p.m Early elections are to be held in Denmark in early November. The background is the massive criticism of Prime Minister Frederiksen. During the corona pandemic, she…
After scandal: Denmark allows mink breeding again
Status: 09/23/2022 1:35 p.m Because of the corona pandemic, 15 million mink were killed in Denmark and the breeding of the animals was banned. The virus had mutated in the…
Killing of mink in Denmark: reprimand for Prime Minister Frederiksen
Status: 05.07.2022 5:18 p.m In the middle of the corona pandemic, the Danish government ordered the killing of 15 million farmed mink – without a legal basis. Prime Minister Frederiksen…
Health experts: The risk of new corona variants from mink breeding is low
health professionals Risk of new corona variants from mink breeding low Mink look through the bars of their cages in Naestved, Denmark. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AP/dpa © dpa-infocom GmbH…
The coronavirus can jump back and forth between animals and humans – knowledge
Animals can also become infected with Sars-CoV-2 and become ill with it. Will that in turn endanger humans if the pathogen jumps back on them? Which species are of particular…
Coronavirus: Finland is the first country in the EU to vaccinate mink
Fight against pandemic Finland vaccinates mink against the corona virus – the first country in the EU Finland is vaccinating minks against the coronavirus with a vaccine it has developed…