{"id":6535,"date":"2024-05-07T19:09:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T00:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=6535"},"modified":"2024-05-07T19:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T00:09:44","slug":"new-revelations-in-the-mystery-of-the-dolphin-with-the-bird-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/05\/07\/new-revelations-in-the-mystery-of-the-dolphin-with-the-bird-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"New revelations in the mystery of the dolphin with the bird flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pasadenastarnews.com\/2024\/05\/07\/investigating-a-dead-dolphins-mystery-howd-it-get-the-bird-flu\/amp\/\">Pasadena Star News<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veterinarians previously thought dolphins had low susceptibility to flu infections \u2014 and dolphins don\u2019t feed on birds. So biologists were highly concerned when a dolphin with the bird flu died in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The infected dolphin was trapped between a dock and a seawall in the Big Bend region in March 2022. By the time wildlife officials arrived, it had died. They later found that it was infected with bird flu. The discovery \u2014 the first known case of a dolphin contracting bird flu in U.S. waters \u2014 sent a jolt of concern through wildlife officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bird flu is highly contagious and deadly to many animals. If the virus, which can wipe out swaths of both bird and mammal populations, were to spread among dolphins, whales and manatees, it could be \u201ccatastrophic for these populations,\u201d a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s42003-024-06173-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent paper<\/a>\u00a0published by the University of Florida and other institutions said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the new paper is bringing some clarity, offering clues as to how the dolphin may have contracted the virus. To better understand the virus and suss out how the dolphin may have contracted it, the UF team sent tissue samples to an enhanced laboratory at St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to find out, OK, why would this dolphin come down with this?\u201d said Michael Walsh, a veterinarian working with the aquatic animal health program at the University of Florida, and one of the authors on the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pasadenastarnews.com\/2024\/05\/07\/investigating-a-dead-dolphins-mystery-howd-it-get-the-bird-flu\/amp\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pasadena Star News Veterinarians previously thought dolphins had low susceptibility to flu infections \u2014 and dolphins don\u2019t feed on birds. So biologists were highly concerned when a dolphin with the bird flu died in Florida. The infected dolphin was trapped between a dock and a seawall in the Big Bend region in March 2022. 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