(a) Satellite image of the Al Ain central market in Abu Dhabi. Camel pens are located on the left side, cattle stalls on the right side, and sheep and goats are kept in between. The distance between camel pens and the closest pens holding sheep and goats is approximately 20 m (separated by a road). The red asterisk indicates sheep pen S18, in which the MERS‐CoV‐positive sheep was sampled, the orange asterisk indicates the mixed pen S17, in which the suspected positive goat was kept. Image retrieved from Google Maps. (b) Schematic diagram of the Al Ain central market in Abu Dhabi. Pens holding animals that tested negative for MERS‐CoV nucleic acid are indicated in green, pens with suspected positive animals are marked in orange, and pens with MERS‐CoV‐positive animals are highlighted in red. Pens S13‐S14, S19‐S20, S49‐S51, S86‐S87, and S121 were empty at the time of sampling. Unfortunately, the individual cattle samples could not be traced back to single pens anymore.