The mystery disease baffled scientists at the time.
The disease almost entirely wiped out all seals from the UK A mystery disease almost wiped out seals entirely from the UK and scientists at the time had no idea why. The tiny island of Anholt in the Baltic Sea was where the outbreak began in April 1988 But it soon started to spread to the Wadden Sea around Denmark, Germany and The Netherlands, where it killed 10,000 of them. By August it was found off the coast of Norfolk where it claimed 6,000 victims.
Following the conference, scientists identified two viruses – one was a herpes virus and the other similar to a virus that causes polio in humans. By the time of 1989 scientists named the disease phocine distemper virus . The disease remained a mystery for many months after it happened Even before this deadly outbreak, it was predicted harbor seals were the most at risk. Even after the outbreak, 80% of female seals in the Baltic Sea became sterile from the chemical pollution.
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