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Pigs are not susceptible to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection but are a model for viral immunogenicity studies

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Conventional piglets were inoculated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) through different routes, including intranasal, intratracheal, intramuscular and intravenous ones. Although piglets were not susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 and… Click to show full abstract

Conventional piglets were inoculated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) through different routes, including intranasal, intratracheal, intramuscular and intravenous ones. Although piglets were not susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 and lacked lesions or viral RNA in tissues/swabs, seroconversion was observed in pigs inoculated parenterally (intramuscularly or intravenously).

Keywords: susceptible sars; pigs susceptible; model viral; infection model; sars cov; cov infection

Journal Title: Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
Year Published: 2020

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