Apr 5 (Reuters) – A tiger from the Bronx Zoo in New York tested positive for respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, the first known case of COVID-19 in an animal in the United States or a tiger worldwide. , a campus spokesman said Sunday.
Nadia, the positive 4-year-old Malaysian tiger, developed a dry cough but is expected to recover, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the zoo, said in a statement.
“We examine the feline as a precaution and will ensure that any knowledge we obtain about COVID-19 contributes to our continued understanding of this new coronavirus,” WCS said in the statement.
The positive test marks the first coronavirus case for a tiger anywhere in the world and the first for an animal in the United States, said spokesman Stephen Sautner.
(Report by Nathan Layne in Wilton, Connecticut; edited in Spanish by Rodrigo Charme)
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