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Sea lion’s death from tuberculosis on Kangaroo Island prompts call for more testing
An animal scientist wants more Australian sea lions tested for tuberculosis, after one of the creatures was found to have died from the disease on Kangaroo Island.
Key points:
- A sea lion on Kangaroo Island was found to have died from tuberculosis
- The disease can be passed on to humans but only with very close contact
- Scientists who wrote a paper on the discovery hope it prompts more research
The three-year-old juvenile sea lion was found dead on a beach at Kingscote in 2017, but the case was only reported in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases last week.
Paper author Rachael Gray, from the University of Sydney, said tuberculosis had been detected in seals and sea lions around the world but it was rare in Australian waters.
She said the Kangaroo…
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