We challenged chickens, turkeys, ducks, quail, and geese with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. We observed no disease and detected no virus replication and no serum antibodies. We concluded that poultry are unlikely to serve a role in maintenance of either virus.
Keywords: COVID-19; MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-related coronavirus; chicken; coronavirus disease; duck; goose; mammalian beta-coronavirus; poultry; poultry health; quail; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; turkey; viruses; zoonoses.