Table 4.

Summary of investigations of SARS-CoV in other animal species^a

Order	Family	Species	Common name	Methods	Prevalence	Reference
Primates	Cercopithecidae	Macaca mulatta	Rhesus macaque	RT-PCR	0/20	Lau et al. (2005)
Carnivora	Canidae	Canis familiaris	Dog	Antibody	0/20	Chen et al. (2005)
				Real-time RT-PCR	0/5	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
		Nyctereutes procyonoides	Raccoon dog	RT-PCR, virus isolation	1/1	Guan et al. (2003)
				RT-PCR	15/15	Kan et al. (2005)
		Vulpes vulpes	Red fox	Real-time RT-PCR	3/5	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
	Mustelidae	Melogale moschata	Chinese ferret-badger	Antibody	1/2	Guan et al. (2003)
		Arctonyx collaris	Hog-badger	RT-PCT, antibody	0/3	Guan et al. (2003)
		Mustela vison	Mink	Real-time RT-PCR	0/1	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
	Felidae	Felis catus	Domestic cat	RT-PCT, antibody	0/4	Guan et al. (2003)
				Real-time RT-PCR	4/20	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
				Real-time RT-PCR	0/13	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
				Real-time RT-PCR	0/3	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
				Antibody	0/11	Chen et al. (2005)
Artiodactyla	Suidae	Sus scrofa domestica	Pig	Antibody, RT-PCR	2/108	Chen et al. (2005)
		S. scrofa	Wild boar	Real-time RT-PCR	1/19	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
	Cervidae	Muntiacus reevesi	Chinese muntjac	RT-PCT, antibody	0/2	Guan et al. (2003)
				Antibody	0/9	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
	Bovidae	Bos tarurs	Cattle	Real-time RT-PCR	0/60	Chen et al. (2005)
		Capra hircas	Goat	Real-time RT-PCR	0/3	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
Lagomorpha	Leporidae	Oryctolagus cuniculus	Rabbit	Real-time RT-PCR	0/6	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
				Real-time RT-PCR	0/5	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
		Lepus sinensis	Chinese hare	RT-PCT, antibody	0/3	Guan et al. (2003)
Rodentia	Castoridae	Castor fiber	Beaver	RT-PCT, antibody	0/3	Guan et al. (2003)
	Muridae	Niviventer fulvescens	Chestnut spiny rat	RT-PCR	0/12	Lau et al. (2005)
		Rattus rattus flavipectus	Buff-bellied rat	RT-PCR	0/4	Lau et al. (2005)
		Rattus sikkimensis	Sikkim rat	RT-PCR	0/44	Lau et al. (2005)
		Rattus losea	Lesser rice field rat	Real-time RT-PCR	1/6	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
				Real-time RT-PCR	0/16	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
Anseriformes	Anatidae	Anas domestica	Duck	Antibody	0/30	Chen et al. (2005)
		Anas platyhynchos	Spotbill duck	Real-time RT-PCR	0/13	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
				Real-time RT-PCR	0/9	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
		Anser anser	Greylag goose	Real-time RT-PCR	1/10	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
				Real-time RT-PCR	0/14	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
Galliformes	Phasianidae	Gallus domestiaus	Chicken	Antibody	0/11	Chen et al. (2005)
		Gallus gallus	Red jungle fowl	Real-time RT-PCR	0/46	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
		Francolinus pintadeanus	Chinese francolin	Real-time RT-PCR	0/31	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
				Real-time RT-PCR	0/2	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
		Phasianus colchicus	Common pheasant	Real-time RT-PCR	0/8	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
		Pavo muticus	Green peafowl	Real-time RT-PCR	0/2	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b
Columbiformes	Columbidae	Columba livia	Pigeons	Real-time RT-PCR	0/6	Wang et al., 2005a, Wang et al., 2005b

^aThis table does not include masked palm civets and bats.