Saúde · Bird fluEncounter Bay dolphin flu: H5 detected as wild penguin vaccinations await a startEscrito 31 de outubro de 2026 às 08:20 UTCVerTranscrição0:07A dead dolphin at Encounter Bay has tested positive for H5 bird flu.0:11South Australia has recorded three hundred and forty positive wildlife events, and0:15vaccination teams are preparing to protect wild little penguins.0:18When will that protection reach the three colonies included in the program?0:21The dolphin washed ashore at Encounter Bay on the Flare Peninsula during the week.0:25Penguin vaccination preparations cover nearby Granite Island, along with Penishaw0:29and Emu Bay on Kangaroo Island.0:31Those preparations are part of the state's wider wildlife response.0:34Another common dolphin at Gulwet tested positive for H5N1, a more specific0:38identification in August.0:40That detection was announced on August twenty-eight.0:42The Encounter Bay Animals result identifies H5 bird flu.0:46Officials haven't said whether the infection caused this dolphin's death.0:49Chief Veterinary Officer Sky Fruin puts the risk of an extensive dolphin outbreak at0:54low.0:54She thinks a chance encounter with an infected wild bird is the likely explanation.0:58She's more concerned about land-based marine mammals, including seals and sea lions.1:03Crested tern populations have already suffered significant impacts.1:06Fruin says.1:07She says positive detections are becoming less frequent, but they're still occurring1:11consistently.1:12She also says recent events haven't involved mass mortality.1:15That recent slowdown comes after damage to wildlife populations earlier in the1:19outbreak.1:19South Australia's total stands at three hundred forty positive H5 events.1:23An event means confirmed positive tests involving at least one animal of a species1:28at one location.1:29Several infected animals can therefore fall within a single event.1:32The earlier federal snapshot counted three hundred and thirty-seven South Australian1:36events on October twenty nine.1:38The later total is three hundred and forty.1:40Those are successive counts taken at different times.1:42The measure tracks positive detections across wildlife, so the total alone doesn't1:46tell us how many individual animals have been affected.1:48Cleeland Wildlife Park has finished vaccinating selected birds.1:52At Zeus S.A.1:53facilities, bird vaccination is halfway complete.1:55These captive programs have moved into delivery while teams prepare the separate1:59effort to vaccinate little penguins living in the wild.2:02Almost one hundred and fifty native birds at Cleveland had completed their2:05vaccination courses by September twenty-nine, including Orange.2:08Bellied parrots.2:09Their second injections were completed that week.2:11An August twenty five plan had covered one hundred captive birds.2:14The later figure reflects the completed program for selected birds at the park.2:18Zoous S.A.2:19secured approval to progress vaccination at Adelaide Zoo and Minarto Safari Park on2:23September ten.2:23Preparatory work remained before injections could begin.2:26It's halfway.2:27Complete status now marks progress beyond that approval, though it hasn't supplied a2:31completion date.2:32The federal government has confirmed that vaccines will be released for South2:35Australia's Wild Little Penguin Program.2:37Plans described on October eight were still awaiting Commonwealth approval.2:41The work has since advanced to operational preparations for the three colonies, with2:45teams still working toward the start of vaccinations.2:47Granite Island's latest census counted forty six little penguins.2:51More than one, zero lived there before the colony collapsed in two thousand and2:54twelve.2:55That small remaining population gives the vaccination effort concrete conservation2:59stakes.3:00These figures describe the colony's size and its historical decline.3:03Federal Wildlife Guidance asks people to avoid sick or dead wildlife and keep their3:07distance.3:08Record relevant details and report the finding.3:10That's standing advice for wildlife encounters.3:13The current response combines continued detection of the virus with vaccination3:16programs at different stages of delivery.3:18Wild little penguin vaccinations still have no announced start date.3:21Fruin says operational preparations are continuing at Granite Island, Penishaw, and3:25Emmu Bay.Ler o artigoCronologia da históriaHeyDex
