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#68 Ralph and the HPAI in the Southern hemisphere (Argentina)

#68 Ralph and the HPAI in the Southern hemisphere (Argentina)

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Join host Dr. Cat Vendl as she follows Dr. Ralph Vanstreels tracking high pathogenicity avian influenza from South America to Antarctica. Ralph shares insights from surveying remote coastlines and documenting the virus's impact – over 600,000 wild birds and 55,000 marine mammals affected, with elephant seal populations experiencing 95% pup mortality in some colonies. Learn how viral mutations enabled the jump to marine mammals, the ecological importance of Antarctica's scavenging skuas, and the challenges of conducting disease surveillance in one of Earth's most remote regions while monitoring the virus's continued eastward spread toward Australia and New Zealand.

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Ralph's academic profile: https://whc.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/people/ralph-vanstreels

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