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New avian flu virus subtype found in P.E.I. birds and raccoons
Scientist says virus behaves similarly to a strain already circulating in Atlantic
Arturo Chang · CBC News · Posted: Jun 01, 2023 11:20 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
A new subtype of the avian influenza virus has been detected in birds and raccoons on Prince Edward Island.
H5N5 is a subtype of the bird flu virus. It's closely related to the H5N1 virus that has caused mass death among seabird populations in Atlantic Canada in the past year or so.
On the Island, H5N5 cases have been discovered in Prince County. They include some birds around Summerside, but also some dead raccoons found on the North Shore.
This is the first time H5N5 has been found in mammals.
"It has been detected in some crows, in a red-tailed hawk in the winter ... And then recently, beginning of April, we received some raccoons which it was found in," said Megan Jones, director of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative for the Atlantic region, and an assistant professor at the Atlantic Veterinary College...
PEI extension
New avian flu virus subtype found in P.E.I. birds and raccoons
Scientist says virus behaves similarly to a strain already circulating in Atlantic
Arturo Chang · CBC News · Posted: Jun 01, 2023 11:20 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
A new subtype of the avian influenza virus has been detected in birds and raccoons on Prince Edward Island.
H5N5 is a subtype of the bird flu virus. It's closely related to the H5N1 virus that has caused mass death among seabird populations in Atlantic Canada in the past year or so.
On the Island, H5N5 cases have been discovered in Prince County. They include some birds around Summerside, but also some dead raccoons found on the North Shore.
This is the first time H5N5 has been found in mammals.
"It has been detected in some crows, in a red-tailed hawk in the winter ... And then recently, beginning of April, we received some raccoons which it was found in," said Megan Jones, director of the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative for the Atlantic region, and an assistant professor at the Atlantic Veterinary College...