The dolphin is the first cetacean ever recorded with the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the United States.
  • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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    6 months ago

    Can't wait to be told I'm overreacting again before and the entire time during this next pandemic by people who think they have plot armor.

  • harc@szmer.info
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    6 months ago

    Inaccessible from EU. Alternate source - scitechdaily.com

    Researchers documented the first North American cetacean case of avian influenza in a Florida dolphin, underscoring the need for further research on this cross-species virus transmission.

    The case of a Florida bottlenose dolphin found with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, or HPAIV — a discovery made by University of Florida researchers in collaboration with multiple other agencies and one of the first reports of a constantly growing list of mammals affected by this virus — has been published in Communications Biology.