Roadmap for the development of disease control strategies for coronaviruses

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Livestock

Research Question

Mitigate the risk of the occurrence of new and existing coronaviruses causing severe diseases in livestock and/or potential zoonotic severe impact and/or spillover to wildlife

It is difficult to predict what the next coronavirus capable of causing severe disease in livestock will be
Limited knowledge on cross-species transmissions (especially at the wildlife-livestock interface). Data on several CoV in livestock are not monitored
Vaccination strategy and approach varies between backyard and commercial poultry industries. This has an impact on viral shedding
Animal management and housing strategies – co-habitation of livestock and handlers in low- or middle-resource regions means that there is risk of spillover/spillback

Expression of DPP4 from various livestock species on BHK cells suggested a broad range of livestock animal groups as potential amplifying hosts of MERS-CoV. Kane et al. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-animal-020420-025011#_i7
List of the main coronaviruses infecting farm animals https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7537542/