Friday, 13 May 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Undiagnosed illness, pinniped - Bering Sea: ribbon seal, continues

Undiagnosed -- Worldwide/Unknown
Five years after a mysterious and sometimes fatal disease struck Arctic Alaska ringed seals, causing them to lose their fur or develop bleeding lesions, there are signs of the disorder or something similar to it among a different species of ice-dwelling seals.
Federal scientists who just completed a survey of ice seals in the Bering Sea found several ribbon seals with bald patches, including one that was almost completely bald.
Of the 10 ribbon seals found, sampled, and tagged during the

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1s6XdHj

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