Abstract Coronaviruses (CoVs) are documented in a wide range of animal species, including terrestrial and aquatic, domestic and wild. The geographic distribution of animal CoVs is worldwide and prevalences were reported in several countries across the five continents. The viruses are known to cause mainly gastrointestinal and respiratory diseases with different severity levels. In certain cases, CoV infections are responsible of huge economic losses associated or not to highly public health impact. Despite being enveloped, CoVs are relatively resistant pathogens in the environment. Coronaviruses are characterized by a high mutation and recombination rate, which makes host jumping and cross‐species transmission easy. In fact, increasing contact between different animal species fosters cross‐species transmission, while agriculture intensification, animal trade and herd management are key drivers at the human‐animal interface. If contacts with wild animals are still limited, humans have much more contact with farm animals, during breeding, transport, slaughter and food process, making CoVs a persistent threat to both humans and animals. A global network should be established for the surveillance and monitoring of animal CoVs. Animals coronaviruses cause mild to severe infections among farm animals, with high economic and public health impacts for some of them. Increasing demand in animal meat, animal trade and mixing different animal species together foster coronaviruses cross‐species transmission and expose human to new coronaviruses.
【저자키워드】 public health, Coronaviruses, domestic animals, host jump, widespread, 【초록키워드】 Severe infection, coronavirus, Mutation, severity, Human, Transmission, virus, Prevalence, pathogen, Surveillance, animal, management, Impact, Respiratory disease, Recombination, Mild, CoV, distribution, Contact, wild animal, Transport, CoVs, CoV infection, Host, country, FIVE, responsible, reported, characterized, Increasing, driver, terrestrial, 【제목키워드】 implication,