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Multi-institutional bovine viral transmission study underway

Scientists from institutions in the U.S. and the U.K.—including Mississippi State University—are collaborating to better understand how livestock management practices may contribute to transmission of bovine coronavirus after social reorganization or “commingling.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture funded a University of Minnesota-led $3.5 million study to answer questions such as why some animals become infected, and others do not, when they are commingled.

Federico Hoffmann and Florencia Meyer, associate professors in MSU’s…

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