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Mink farms have been affected by the coronavirus in Jutland in Denmark and in the Swedish Blekinge.
But there has been no obvious explanation for why the virus has spread because it is not the same staff that worked on the various mink farms.
Therefore, the researchers began to focus on the animals instead of finding an explanation.
– We have examined, among other things, the gulls that were found dead in the affected mink farms and we have also shot the gulls in the farms to be able to do our investigations, says Professor Anne Sofie Vedstedt Hammer, to BLT.
Crown over dead seagull
Last week, researchers made a completely new discovery about a dead seagull.
– We were able to see that there was a covid infection in one of the seagulls. We are sure that the seagull is not infected, as it does not have antibodies. It also did not have an ongoing infection, it showed an examination of the beak and gutter, but we are investigating whether it may have spread the infection between mink farms, Anne Sofie Vedstedt Hammer tells BLT.
She explains that it is probably a mechanical impact because the virus has ended up in the gull’s body without the gull getting sick.
Right now, a mass slaughter of over a million minks is taking place in Denmark. Among other things, all mink herds within five miles of an infected mink farm die.
Seagull to human spread
He currently does not know if the virus can be transmitted from seagulls to humans.
– It’s too early to answer. It is also important to note that we have not yet found any infected seagulls. It is just a seagull that has had the virus in its body. If it turns out there are infected seagulls, it’s a different matter, Anne Sofie Vedstedt Hammer tells BLT.
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