Bird Flu May Have Caused Seal Strandings in Maine - The New York Times

Unusually high numbers of the marine mammals were found stranded in the last two months along Maine’s coast. Samples from four seals tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Viruses have been responsible for other mass stranding events among marine mammals, and previous versions of avian influenzahave causedfatal outbreaks in seals. Scientists suspect that the seals, lik… [+1296 chars]

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