SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls is in the strategy of vaccinating its most prone animals towards the coronavirus.
A worldwide animal well being firm, Zoetis, has developed an experimental vaccine for COVID-19 and is working with zoos throughout the nation to distribute its restricted provide to vaccinate the most at-risk species as quickly as doable.
Great Plains veterinary employees labored intently with zookeepers to ship the first dose of the vaccine to lots of the species thought-about in danger, together with primates and enormous cats.
Zoo officers have administered 57 vaccine pictures in simply over per week. All animals that obtained the first dose, will get a second dose in about three weeks.
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