[Wage Slave]

And why wouldn’t they put enough distance between all of the animals to eliminate the possibility of droplet versus true airborne transmission? Why set yourself up for inconclusive results?

[Fungi]

Good point. The article does not say if the results were published in a journal. We can only assume that the methods were not rigorously controlled.

[ElkGroveDan]

And why wouldn’t they put enough distance between all of the animals to eliminate the possibility of droplet versus true airborne transmission? Why set yourself up for inconclusive results?

Ask them.