TY - JOUR AU - Ulrich, Lorenz AU - Wernike, Kerstin AU - Hoffmann, Donata AU - Mettenleiter, Thomas AU - Beer, Martin T1 - Experimental Infection of Cattle with SARS-CoV-2 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 12 SP - 2979 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We inoculated 6 cattle with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and kept them together with 3 uninoculated cattle. We observed viral replication and specific seroreactivity in 2 inoculated animals, despite high levels of preexisting antibody titers against a bovine betacoronavirus. The in-contact animals did not become infected. KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - COVID-19 KW - respiratory infections KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - coronavirus disease KW - zoonoses KW - viruses KW - coronavirus KW - Bos taurus KW - cattle KW - experimental infection KW - serology DO - 10.3201/eid2612.203799 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/12/20-3799_article ER - End of Reference