Citizen science programs aboard luxury cruise ships help record Avian Flu outbreaks in areas where researchers seldom tread.
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“On the Antarctic Peninsula, so far, most outbreaks have been small . . . mainly impacting skua populations ,” says Dr. Meagan Dewar, a Wildlife Biologist at the Federation University Australia, who specializes in pathogens of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic wildlife. “However, two high mortality events were reported in March—one in skuas at Beak Island and another in Adelie penguins at Heroina Island.
Additionally, many of the vessels visit the same locations year after year and can provide valuable information on changes in wildlife colonies. Last season, many of the reported cases of suspected HPAI and mortality events in the sub-Antarctic were discovered and reported by tourism vessels.
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