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Volume 28, Number 9—September 2022
Dispatch

Susceptibility of Wild Canids to SARS-CoV-2

Stephanie M. Porter, Airn E. Hartwig, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Angela M. Bosco-Lauth1, and J. Jeffrey Root1Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: US Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (S.M. Porter, J.J. Root); Colorado State University, Fort Collins (A.E. Hartwig, A.M. Bosco-Lauth); University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia (H. Bielefeldt-Ohmann)

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Table 1

Cycle threshold values by RT-PCR of oral swab samples from red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and coyotes (Canis latrans) experimentally infected with SARS-CoV-2*

Animal Cycle threshold value
1 dpi 2 dpi 3 dpi 5 dpi 7 dpi 14 dpi
Red fox 1 21.2 33.2 31.4
Red fox 2 18.2 21.4 28.9
Red fox 3 22.3 16.7 33.7
Red fox 4 18.4 21.7 28.2 34.8 Undetected Undetected
Red fox 5 17.9 18.3 28.4 Undetected 25.7 Undetected
Red fox 6 16.9 20.8 31.3 24.3 28.3 Undetected
Coyote 1 Undetected 35.0 Undetected
Coyote 2 Undetected 32.6 Undetected
Coyote 3 Undetected 34.0 Undetected Undetected Undetected Undetected
Coyote 4 Undetected 33.1 Undetected Undetected Undetected Undetected

*Red foxes 1, 2, and 3 and coyotes 1 and 2 were euthanized at 3 dpi. dpi, days postinfection; RT-PCR, revere transcription PCR.

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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