• The dolphin was acting strangely, but it was dead by the time rescuers arrived
  • Its brain and lungs showed evidence of infection with H5N1, a type of bird flu
  • This is the first known case of a bottlenose dolphin being infected with bird flu 

Farmed poultry and wild birds in the US have been falling victim to highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses since the end of 2021, but recently it has begun spilling over into cows and other mammals.

Researchers did find, however, that this dolphin’s particular H5N1 strain had genetic changes that made it 18 times more resistant to one of the antiviral drugs used to treat bird flu.

Two weeks ago, 18 US states quarantined cattle after reports of bird flu among the animals.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13362489/Dolphin-Florida-common-bottlenose-die-bird-flu.html

 

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