O-44 - SARS-CoV-2-susceptible mammals (raccoon dogs, civets, mink) were sold live in volume at Wuhan markets
Raccoon dogs and masked palm civets are the species implicated in the 2003 SARS-CoV-1 market spillover and are experimentally susceptible to SARS-CoV-2. Counts are vendor-reported monthly averages across the four markets (not broken down by market).
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Why this is evidence
Live susceptible mammals (raccoon dog, civet, mink) on sale in volume supply the animal-side precondition for a market spillover (H-14), not required by a human/cold-chain seed (H-15) or a detection artifact (H-19).