TABLE 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the studied dogs, cats and kittens present on 10 infected mink farms

	Cat	Kitten	Dog
N	69	32	13
Age, mean (min–max), years	1.62 (1–12)	0 (0–0)	5.85 (1–13)
Male, %	31.9	62.5	38.5
Domestic, %	13.0	6.2	100
Pregnant, %	11.8	0	0
Lactating, %	16.2	0	0
PCR rectal swab+, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
PCR throat swab+	3 (4.4)	0 (0)	1 (7.7)
Ct‐value PCR throat swab, mean (min–max)	34 (32–37)	n.a.	33
Blood sample taken, n	62	3	13
ELISA and VNT+, n (%)	11 (17.7)	0 (0)	2 (15.4)
VNT‐titer, median (min–max)	512 (64–2048)	0 (0)	512 (512)
ELISA+, PCR+, n	2	0	1
ELISA+, PCR–, n	9	0	1
ELISA‐, PCR+, n	1	0	0
SARS‐CoV‐2 positive, n (%)	12 (19.4)	0 (0)	2 (15.4)

n.a. : not applicable.