Avian flu: About 100 carcasses of seals found on Quebec’s shorelines
He says seals most likely have been in contact with carcasses of infected eider ducks, with which they share the same islands to give birth at the beginning of the summer.Jean-François Gosselin, a biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, says these are the first reported cases of the virus being passed from wild birds to marine mammals in Quebec.
He says while the agency is monitoring the virus transmission, the situation isn’t concerning or a threat to endangering the seal population.
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