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Editorial
. 2021 Jun 10;9(6):631.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines9060631.

A Veterinary Vaccine for SARS-CoV-2: The First COVID-19 Vaccine for Animals

Vivek P Chavda  1 , Jack Feehan  2 , Vasso Apostolopoulos  2
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Editorial

A Veterinary Vaccine for SARS-CoV-2: The First COVID-19 Vaccine for Animals

Vivek P Chavda et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

As coronaviruses have a wide range of host species, many animals harbor these pathogens, however only a handful of them become severely infected [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest with respect to the authorship and publication of this article.

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Figure 1
Schematic illustration of the live-inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine Carnivac-Cov, which induces immune responses in animals and could potentially prevent against animal-to-human transmission. The figure was created with biorender.com.
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