How studies on everything from monkeys and ferrets to mice, cats, and dogs are helping researchers in the fight against the coronavirus crisis

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• A number of studies involving animals have become particularly significant in trying to answer various riddles surrounding the coronavirus.
• Across the world, scientists are looking for ways to use mice, monkeys, ferrets, and other animals to explore how the virus interacts with different species.
• Researchers are also looking into how monkeys may be able to generate antibodies so we can extract them, pass them onto other healthy specimens, and see whether they develop COVID-19.
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Animals played a crucial role in the initial coronavirus outbreak and it could well be that they have an equally vital part in efforts to bring the crisis to an end.

Since the start of the pandemic, scientists have been researching a wide range of species to understand how SARS-Cov-2 affects the human body and how our bodies respond in kind.

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