Shedd Aquarium officials released preliminary necropsy findings regarding the deaths of three beluga whales, identifying chronic gastrointestinal disease in two rescues and age-related health changes in a long-time resident.
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The Shedd Aquarium on Friday morning released preliminary medical findings of the deaths of three beluga whales , two of which passed away after being transferred to Chicago from the shuttered Marineland Park in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Two of the four Shedd Aquarium beluga whales that have died in recent weeks suffered from a “chronic gastrointestinal disease” — a sickness that likely developed before they arrived here from a Canadian aquatic park, Shedd staff announced Friday.
Shedd Aquarium officials released preliminary necropsy findings regarding the deaths of three beluga whales, identifying chronic gastrointestinal disease in two rescues and age-related health changes in a long-time resident.
Preliminary findings from post-mortem examinations of two rescued beluga whales and a longtime Shedd Aquarium resident are shedding new light on the animals' health, though veterinarians say the results do not point to a single cause of death.
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