Report details first-ever finding of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in North American dolphin.
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 inThe report documents the discovery, the first finding of HPAIV in a cetacean in North America, from the initial response by UF's Marine Animal Rescue team to a report of a...
Allison Murawski, D.V.M., a former intern with UF's aquatic animal medicine program, was first author on the study and developed a case report on the dolphin as part of her research project. She traveled to Memphis and worked closely with Richard Webby, Ph.D., who directs the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Studies on the Ecology of Influenza in Animals and Birds at St.
"We still don't know where the dolphin got the virus and more research needs to be done," Webby said.
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