Molecular analysis shows that SARS is closely related to coronaviruses found
in civet cats in the animal markets of Guangdong, though scientists are still not certain that civets were the original reservoir.
Not exact matches
Despite previous logging and farming
in the planted forests zone, more than 400 vertebrate species, including bears,
civets, macaques, leopard
cats, mongooses, pangolins, and porcupines, have been spotted there.
A crowded stall
in Guangdong is where the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) jumped from an animal, probably a
civet cat, into a human
in 2003.
In the markets of Guangdong province, which borders on the South China Sea, thousands of chickens, ducks, quail, and geese squawk endlessly, crammed into cages next to or stacked on top of wilder creatures —
civet cats, raccoon dogs, snakes, and turtles.
They sell variety of theirs original Balinese coffee products, herb oil and etc and see the
civet cat the most expensive coffee maker, wellknown as Luwak, its produce «Coffee Luwak» and the process of the bean passing through the digestive tract of the
civet chemically alters the proteins
in the Luwak coffee bean to yield more complex and smooth flavors, not found
in conventional coffees.