Questions and answers regarding infection with COVID-19 in mink

November 18, 2020

Additional protection recommendations have been drawn up for mink farms where contamination with SARS-CoV-2 has been established. Manure from infected mink farms may only be transported to biogas plants where it is heated to at least 70˚C. All Dutch mink farms will be screened and visitors are banned from visiting the stables. Culling of the infected farms from 5 JuneThe Dutch government announced that the mink farms infected with COVID-19 will be culled from Friday 5 June. Infected farms are culled and at all other mink farms an even more stringent control is being instituted, so that any new infections are discovered quickly.

The source of this news is from Wageningen University