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Volume 26, Number 12—December 2020

Dispatch

Susceptibility of Raccoon Dogs for Experimental SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Conrad M. Freuling1Comments to Author , Angele Breithaupt1, Thomas Müller, Julia Sehl, Anne Balkema-Buschmann, Melanie Rissmann, Antonia Klein, Claudia Wylezich, Dirk Höper, Kerstin Wernike, Andrea Aebischer, Donata Hoffmann, Virginia Friedrichs, Anca Dorhoi, Martin H. Groschup, Martin Beer, and Thomas C. Mettenleiter
Author affiliation: Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

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Study design for experimental infection of raccoon dogs with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Outline of the in vivo experiment with an observation period of 28 days; 9 animals were inoculated intranasally with 105 50% tissue culture infectious dose/mL, and 3 naive direct contact animals were introduced 24 hours later. On days 4, 8 and 12, two raccoon dogs were euthanized and autopsied. All remaining animals were euthanized on day 28. Red indicates infected animals.

Figure 1. Study design for experimental infection of raccoon dogs with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Outline of the in vivo experiment with an observation period of 28 days; 9 animals were inoculated intranasally with 105 50% tissue culture infectious dose/mL, and 3 naive direct contact animals were introduced 24 hours later. On days 4, 8 and 12, two raccoon dogs were euthanized and autopsied. All remaining animals were euthanized on day 28. Red indicates infected animals.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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