The four-year-old Malayan tiger Nadia is the first wild animal in captivity to test positive for the coronavirus
Photo: James Devaney/Getty Images On Sunday, the Bronx Zoo announced that a four-year-old Malayan tiger, Nadia, had contracted the coronavirus, the first wild animal in captivity to test positive in the world. In addition to Nadia, her sister Azul, two Amur tigers, and three African lions also developed symptoms for COVID-19. The zoo does not know who passed the virus to the cats, but says it was likely an asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic keeper.
In late March, Nadia, who lives in the zoo’s Tiger Mountain exhibit, appeared to be sick. She wasn’t finishing her daily allotment of meat, and had developed a dry cough. What does a dry cough sound like from a tiger? “Like a dry cough from a tiger,” said Calle. “A cough like any other animal would have. There was some wheezing, no sneezing, and no discharge from the eyes or nose.”
“None of the cats got particularly sick,” Calle said, “and we expect them all to make full recoveries.” Zoo pathologists around the world are constantly monitoring animals for infectious diseases, and some have gone so far as to argue that captive animals provide a public good, as sentinels for emerging zoonotic threats. “Zoos in large metropolitan areas are perfect long-term epidemiological surveillance sites,” said Tracey McNamara, a professor of pathology at Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine.
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