Bird flu: They advise against approaching affected sea lions

26|08|23 18:54 hours

SENASA’s Tres Arroyos office confirmed that sea lions found in Krameco and Ourense died of bird flu.

The service’s director and veterinarian, Pablo Pula, said that although he did not have until Friday the results of samples from animals found in Ourense and Cleromeco on Wednesday, the animals were not Also died due to the impact of H5N1.

Photo: Pablo Pla (SENASA)

“Thus, the analysis performed on the Necochea animals (about 40 sea lions) was confirmed and, given the symptoms that the Ourensea animals showed, I can confirm that it is avian influenza,” said Pula, who made precautionary recommendations for pets and Everyone is infected.

“This is a disease that can be transmitted to humans, initially affecting birds, but can mutate to other animals. The risk to people is very high,” he said.

Photo: Pablo Pla (SENASA)

Today, sea lions all over the Argentinian coast are infected with bird flu, a disease that can be transmitted to humans, without any cases (humans).

“We’re coordinating with the council and wildlife rangers to make sure that as soon as they get to the beach we warn people off and remove them from the beach and bury them with all the necessary possessions so that no exposure can spread again Disease, nor exposure to other domestic or wild animals.

Pula said he was notified by the Environmental Management Secretariat on Wednesday that the sea lion carcass had been found in Ourense, where he had been with wildlife rangers that morning. On a 2,000-meter-long stretch of beach, they found six sea lions, four of whom died, while the other two showed symptoms consistent with bird flu.

In Klaromeko, they found a large, very old sea lion dead, and “things haven’t changed much” for this animal.