Australia: SA Reports 1st H5N1 Detection in a Marine Mammal (long-nosed fur seal)

#19,306 Less than a year ago HPAI H5N1 was detected on Heard Island - an Australian external possession 4000 km south west of Perth - resulting in the the deaths of thousands of marine mammals and seabirds (see Preprint: Mass mortality of southern elephant seals during multi-species outbreak of HPAI H5N1 on sub-Antarctic Heard Island ). Drone surveys revealed mass mortality in southern elephant…