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A Florida bottlenose dolphin was found with avian influenza in a landmark case studied by University of Florida researchers and other agencies, highlighting the inter-species transmission risks of this virus.
Analyses initially performed at UF’s zoological medicine diagnostic laboratory ruled out the presence of other potential agents at play in the dolphin’s disease, with the Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Kissimmee, Florida, verifying the presence of HPAI virus in both the lung and brain.
Webby’s laboratory investigates avian influenza cases in many species and was key in determining where the virus may have originated, what uniquecharacteristics or mutations were present that could suggest its ability to infect other mammals, and how the virus could be tracked from this source. “We still don’t know where the dolphin got the virus and more research needs to be done,” Webby said.
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