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. 2023 Jul 25;120(30):e2303408120.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2303408120. Epub 2023 Jul 19.

Mink farming poses risks for future viral pandemics

Thomas P Peacock  1 , Wendy S Barclay  1
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Mink farming poses risks for future viral pandemics

Thomas P Peacock et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The authors declare no competing interest.

Author contributions: T.P.P and W.S.B. wrote the paper.

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Ethics considerations aren’t the only reasons to shut down mink farms. More so than any other farmed species, mink pose a risk for the emergence of future disease outbreaks and the evolution of future pandemics. Image credit: Shutterstock/Nicolai Dybdal.
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