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O-46 - Animals were sold alive in stacked cages in poor condition, with on-site butchering common

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O-46
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Almost all animals were sold alive, caged and stacked in poor hygiene and welfare conditions, and most vendors offered on-site butchering.
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S-19 - Xiao et al. 2021 — animal sales from Wuhan wet markets pre-pandemic
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Results; Discussion
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Almost all animals were sold alive, caged, stacked and in poor condition.

These are the high-density, high-human-contact, blood-and-fluid-exposure conditions that maximize opportunities for animal-to-human viral transmission at the point of sale/slaughter.

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