How gulls have become avian influenza super-spreaders able to carry it to all other wild birds 🔴 Exclusive from CapurrodDaniel and janemerrick23
Gulls have become a new source for spreading avian flu in the wild, the expert leading Britain’s fight against the disease has toldAccording to Prof Ian Brown, scientific services director at the Animal and Plant Health Agency, the H5N1 virus behind avian flu, has changed to make it more easily carried by gulls.
“Prior to this current H5N1 [virus] gulls have always been known to be susceptible to flus, but they do seem to be potentially a more regular feature in terms of this virus than they have been in the past. More than 2,200 Great Skua deaths were reported in Scotland in 2022, representing 7 per cent of the total global population.
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