The rate of dead seal strandings in Maine is about three times the normal rate for the summer and is close to 60, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
An usual number of seals have been getting stranded and dying off Maine this summer, and avian influenza is to blame, the federal government said Tuesday July 5, 2022. PORTLAND, Maine — An unusual number of seals are becoming stranded and dying off Maine this summer, and avian influenza is to blame, the federal government said Tuesday.
The USDA is notifying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state animal and public health officials about the deaths, which came after a bird flu outbreak that led to theon farms. The virus is capable of jumping to mammals, though it rarely affects humans. “There is a national outbreak of avian flu happening, so that was the cause of concern for these animals,” Ferreira said.Most of the seals that have been founded stranded in Maine this summer have been dead, NOAA said. The dead seals have included gray seals and harbor seals.
Elsewhere in New England, hundreds of birds have washed up dead on Martha’s Vineyard, and local officials haveThe source of the outbreak among seals is still being investigated.
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