1 Arba Minch University, College of Agricultural science, Department of Animal Science
2 Arba Minch Zuria Woreda, Livestock and fishery resource office.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 08(03), 363-372
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2020.8.3.0383
Received on 11 October 2020; revised on 20 December 2020; accepted on 23 December 2020
Corona viruses infect many species of animals, including humans. Coronaviruses have been described for more than 50years but up to 2003, only two coronaviruses were identified to infect humans. From 2002 to 2003, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) affected more than 8000 people and caused about 800 deaths around the world. After a few years a novel coronavirus was recognized in September, 2012, later renamed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). In December 2019, 2019 novel Coronavirus (nCoV), which is another public health problem, has emerged in the Huanan Seafood Market, where livestock animals are also traded, in Wuhan State of Hubei Province in China and has been the focus of global attention due to a pneumonia epidemic of unknown cause. The Corona viridae Study Group of ICTV named this novel Coronavirus as SARS-Cov-2. In March 2020 the World Health Organization declared the SARS-Cov-2 virus a global pandemic. The pandemic is ongoing and its study and further scientific works on it are still running and in conclusion a one health approached are required to combat this situation with an integrated effort of human, animal and environmental health.
COVID-19; Pandemic; SARS-Cov-2; Veterinary; Public Health
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Edget Abayneh and Henok Goba. Epidemiology and impact of SARs Corona Virus 2 in animals and human health with one health concept: A review. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 8(3), 363-372. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2020.8.3.0383