Scientists fear a mammal-to-mammal spread could lead to global catastrophe.BY TIM NEWCOMBPUBLISHED: FEB 2, 2023
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- A mink farm in Spain is the site of concerning research regarding thespread of avian influenza.
- Researchers believe the bird flu was transmitted across minks in the farm—a troubling mammal-to-mammal spread.
- Theoutbreakat the mink farm opens a new worry for health researchers.
Last fall, on a mink farm in Spain, H5N1 (avian influenza) likely spread across the animals. The outbreak resulted in the death or culling of the entire group of 50,000 minks.
Why should you care? Because it may have marked the first known case of mammal-to-mammal transmission of the deadly virus known as the bird flu, according to a new study. And that doesn’t portend anything good for humans.
The bird flu has proven scary enough with its occasional spreads from birds…
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