Dead Florida dolphin was infected with highly pathogenic bird flu
Dead Florida dolphin was infected with highly pathogenic bird flu
The dolphin was diagnosed only a few weeks ago, but it died over two years ago in March 2022.
27And they kept it, like, in some preservative or something, to study it? I'm trying to understand the timeline here Edit: OK I read the article but im wondering why we're hearing about it now rather than 2 years ago?
9That was about the time we started hearing about bird flu infecting seals, wasn't it? Seems like marine mammals were the bridge species, and then it went from them to cows.
The next jump might be ferrets or mink (I remember from COVID that they have very similar respiratory systems to humans). Or it might just jump over them right to morons drinking raw milk I guess.
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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.
14But was it drinking raw milk?
12It was drinking rawr milk, which has 420.69% chance of catching me when I fall for u •teehee•👉👈🥺
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Okay but real question... Can dolphins sneeze?
4Through their blowhole
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I just woke up and read the headline as "highly photogenic bird flu"
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