On July 1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s  Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed that samples from four stranded seals in Maine have tested positive for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1. All of these animals had recently died or required euthanasia. USDA is notifying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as state animal and public health officials. The finding will be reported to the World Organization for Animal Health.

The current rate of dead seal strandings in this area is approximately three times the normal rate for this time of the year.

Maine Cumberland Seal 7/1/22

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/recent-increase-seal-deaths-maine-linked-avian-flu

Edited July 6, 20224 yr by niman

Seal Strandings in Maine by County as of July 05, 2022.

Maine County	Gray Seal	Harbor Seal	Unknown	Total
York	3	7	0	10
Cumberland	1	35	1	37
Sagadahoc	1	10	1	12
Lincoln	0	11	1	12
Knox	0	3	0	3
Total	5	66	3	74

(Source: MMoME)

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