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Document Number
SC/69A/E/16
Full Title
Emerging Pathogens in the Context of Marine Mammal Health SARS-COV- 2 and HPAI H5N1. Progress report IWC 2023 IWC SC Intersessional Correspondence Group on CDOC (Cetacean Diseases of Concern)
Author
R. Stimmelmayr, T. Rowles, F. Gulland, R. Deaville, H.S. Ip, N. Davison, S. Mazzariol, A.J. Fernández Rodríguez, E.M. Sierra Pulpillo, G. Hernandez, M. Grigg, K. Colegrove, K. Groch, M. Uhart, M.A. Delaney, P. Holm, Y. Tajima
Publisher
IWC
Publication Year
2023
Abstract
Cetacean diseases of concern (CDOC) are a standing topic for E. Special disease primer sessions during 2020/2021 focused on known marine mammal pathogens such as morbillivirus (CeMV), Herpes virus, Brucella ceti, and Toxoplasma gondii that have been associated with morbidity and mortality in individual animals, but also have been implicated in UMEs. Recent emerging pathogens of concern include SARS-Cov2 and avian influenza. A primer session on SARS-Cov2
and implications from spillover into marine mammals was held during 2022. In response to the increasing evidence for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) spillover (natural infection) events in marine mammals in recent months the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) convened in March 2023 an ad hoc expert group to develop a Guidance Framework for HPAI outbreak management in marine mammals. Several members of the IWC CDOC intersessional working group are included in the WOAH working group as well as other experts at large. A final draft of the guidance document is expected by the end of May 2023.