When mink at a huge farm in Galicia, a area in northwestern Spain, began to die in Oct 2022, veterinarians initially thought the perpetrator might be SARS-CoV-2, that has struck mink farms in many other countries. * Avian influenza H5N1, excreted in big quantities during the droppings of infected birds, https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/page1/sc-feels-disgust-for-cbi.html