he national laboratory The public entity warrants in a statement new positive samples to disease, taken among sea lions (Otaria flavescens) was found dead in Quacken HarborNecochea and Port Loyola”.
scientists There are four notifications in detail sea lion: The first two were negative; the third was found in the Rio Grande country of fire, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands, yes first positive case Among this species; the fourth was recently identified in the Punta Bermeja Nature Reserve, Heihe.
this Wednesday they took others sea lion sample who died In Mar del PlataBuenos Aires, today in Puerto San Julian, in Santa Cruz. Samples from the last two locations are not yet available as the study will take approximately 48 hours.
such diseases in marine mammals animal healthexplaining that this cannot happen, and Argentina “is considered a country free of HPAI in poultry”. Regardless, the agency advises “do not handle dead animals or animals with suspicious symptoms.”
what is bird flu
this Avian Influenza better known as Avian InfluenzaIs a infectious disease that is mainly affect birds According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), this is caused by Virus family Orthomyxoviridae.
According to its subtype, it can be divided into low pathogenicity anyone highly pathogenicpresent Infected birds have varying symptoms. Low pathogenicity avian influenza viruses cause mild illness that may go undetected or asymptomatic.
Virus of highly pathogenic avian influenzamainly due to subtypes of type A (H5 and H7), cause severe disease in birds that can spread rapidly, producing The mortality rate of different birds is high.
Most influenza viruses circulate in birds they are not zoonoticyes, that is Diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans.However, some strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza have the ability to infect humansa threat to public health.