Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday September 30, 2020
MELFORT, Sask. – Scientists have concluded several studies and found chickens, turkeys, and pigs pose no public health risk for transmitting the virus that causes COVID-19.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) wanted to establish if there was a risk of transmission between animals.
CFIA research showed these domestic animals did not carry the virus in tissues used for meat or human consumption.
There have been no documented cases of poultry or swine becoming infected with the virus.