Sea lion s death from tuberculosis on Kangaroo Island prompts call for more testing
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An Australian sea lion pup at Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island.
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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:
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.