Chicago (January 15, 2025) – Lincoln Park Zoo reports that testing has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza was the cause of death for a Chilean flamingo on January 8 and harbor seal on January 9.. The zoo is saddened by the loss of a Chilean flamingo named Teal and a harbor seal named Slater. Teal hatched this fall …

Jan 18, 2025 · According to a spokesperson for the zoo, testing confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was the cause of death for a Chilean flamingo on Jan. 8 and a harbor seal on Jan. 9.

Jan 15, 2025 · Testing confirmed that highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, was responsible for the deaths of a Chilean flamingo on Jan. 8 and a harbor seal on Jan. 9.

Jan 16, 2025 · Officials at Lincoln Park Zoo confirmed Wednesday that a harbor seal and a Chilean flamingo each died of highly pathogenic avian flu earlier this month. In a statement, zoo officials said the sourc…

Sep 8, 2023 · The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories has confirmed that three adult harbor seals in Puget Sound have tested positive for the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 strain. The seals stranded on …

Oct 6, 2023 · Wildlife officials have confirmed that avian influenza, or bird flu, has made the jump from the wild bird population in the Salish Sea to the Puget Sound harbor seal population. More on bird flu ...

Apr 23, 2024 · We describe an unusual mortality event caused by a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A (H5N1) virus clade 2.3.4.4b involving harbor (Phoca vitulina) and gray (Halichoerus grypus) seals in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Quebec, Canada, in 2022.

Here we report the emergence of an avian influenza virus (H3N8) in New England harbor seals which caused an outbreak of pneumonia and contributed to a U.S. federally recognized unusual mortality event (UME).

Nov 10, 2024 · A 2023 avian flu outbreak decimated a Caspian tern colony on Rat Island and spread to harbor seals, posing a new threat to local wildlife. A 2023 epidemiological study revealed that 56% of a large Caspian tern breeding colony at Rat Island, Washington, succumbed to an outbreak of highly pathogenic

Jan 28, 2023 · We report an HPAI A(H5N1) virus outbreak among New England harbor and gray seals that was concurrent with a wave of avian infections in the region, resulting in a seal unusual mortality event (UME); evidence of mammal adaptation existed in a small subset of seals.