SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A laboratory analysis has revealed that a 10-year-old dolphin, Alia, died of a bacterial infection in May.
Pathologists at the University of Illinois ruled out Valley Fever or any other type of fungal infection related to the desert environment, according to a release from Dolphinaris.
Alia died of septicemia, an infection of the bloodstream, Dolphinaris says.
Alia was the second dolphin to die at the facility since it opened in October 2016. The first, Bodie, reportedly died of what Dolphinaris called a "rare muscle disease."
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