Bacteria Suspected in Deaths of Hundreds of Baby Whales Off Argentina
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Once again dead walk calves have been discovered in southern Argentina. A bacterial infection is suspected, but this is not supposed to affect the entire population.
The population of the southern Glattwale in Argentine waters had recently grown. However, researchers have now made disturbing finds – and they have a guess what the juveniles might have died of.
Argentinian researchers suspect a bacterial infection is the cause of death for hundreds of whale calves after carcasses were found washing up on beaches continuously since June. They are urgently investigating the true cause.
In southern Argentina, hundreds of walk calves die – probably from a bacterial skin infection that can cause pain and fever. "The mortality rate is particularly high this season," says one expert.
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rtl.luBacteria suspected in deaths of hundreds of baby whales off Argentina
This week again, dozens of dead southern right whale calves washed up on beaches in southern Chubut province, continuing a disturbing trend that began in June. "The death rate (among young whales) is quite high this season in particular," Mariano Coscarella, a researcher at the Marine Mammals Laboratory of the national research council Conicet, confirmed to AFP. Coscarella, who is based in Puerto Madryn, a major whale-watching destination on the…
Although whale mortality is common, "this season in particular, the mortality rate is quite high," explained Mariano Coscarella, a researcher at the Marine Mammal Laboratory of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (Conicet) in Puerto Madryn. According to the expert, veterinarians who study these cases suspect an epidemic of erysipela, a disease caused by a bacterium that normally lives on the skin of cetaceans. "This hypoth…
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