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News Release 6-Nov-2024
Washington coast avian flu outbreak devastated Caspian terns, jumped to seals
56% of a large breeding colony of Caspian terns died from a 2023 outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at Rat Island in Washington state.
Since then, no birds have successfully bred on the island, raising concerns that the outbreak may have had a significant impact on an already declining Pacific-coast population.
Researchers also documented that the avian flu virus H5N1was transmitted to harbor seals for the first time in the northeastern Pacific.
The seal respiratory samples were initially negative for H5N1. That seemed odd because there was a relatively high mortality in the seals.
Testing in other organs revealed that avian flu had a different pathology in the harbor seals causing an inflammatory response in their brains.
#H5N1 #BirdFlu #Pandemic #Healthcare #PublicHealth #AvianFlu
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1063778
Washington coast avian flu outbreak devastated Caspian terns, jumped to seals
56% of a large breeding colony of Caspian terns died from a 2023 outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at Rat Island in Washington state.
Since then, no birds have successfully bred on the island, raising concerns that the outbreak may have had a significant impact on an already declining Pacific-coast population.
Researchers also documented that the avian flu virus H5N1was transmitted to harbor seals for the first time in the northeastern Pacific.
The seal respiratory samples were initially negative for H5N1. That seemed odd because there was a relatively high mortality in the seals.
Testing in other organs revealed that avian flu had a different pathology in the harbor seals causing an inflammatory response in their brains.
#H5N1 #BirdFlu #Pandemic #Healthcare #PublicHealth #AvianFlu
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1063778