Covid-19: pets

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More than 2 years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. From the beginning, it was seen that SARS-CoV-2 not only infected people but also a number of domestic and wild animals.

An update on the susceptibility of different animal species to the virus and the results of an IRTA-CReSA research project in relation to the infection of pets with SARS-CoV-2 will be presented at this conference.

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Joaquim Segalés

Joaquim Segalés has a degree in veterinary medicine from the UAB (1991) and a doctorate from the same University (1996). He is also a graduate of the European College of Veterinary Pathologists (ECVP, 2000) and the European College of Pig Health and Production (ECPHM, 2004). He is currently a professor at the UAB in the Department of Animal Health and Anatomy at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and a researcher at the IRTA Animal Health Research Center (CReSA). He has been working for 27 years in swine diseases and 6 years in zoonotic coronaviruses.