Avian flu found in about 100 carcasses of seals found in Quebec
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MONTREAL — Quebec researchers say avian flu has been detected in no less than two species of seal as an unusually excessive variety of useless seals are being reported on the province’s shorelines.
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The Reseau quebecois d’urgences pour les mammiferes marins says about 100 carcasses of harbour seals have been discovered since January alongside the south shore of the Decrease St. Lawrence area, virtually six instances greater than on a median yr.
Stephane Lair, a professor of veterinary medication at Universite de Montreal, says about 15 of those harbour seals have examined constructive for the extremely pathogenic H5N1, with a primary case detected in gray seals final week.
He says seals probably have been involved with carcasses of contaminated eider geese, with which they share the identical islands to offer delivery originally of the summer time.
Jean-Francois Gosselin, a biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, says these are the primary reported circumstances of the virus being handed from wild birds to marine mammals in Quebec.
He says whereas the company is monitoring the virus transmission, the state of affairs isn’t regarding or a menace to endangering the seal inhabitants.
