Parasites and associated pathology observed in pinnipeds stranded along the Oregon coast

J Wildl Dis. 1978 Jul;14(3):292-8. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-14.3.292.

Abstract

Forty-two seals and sea lions found dead along the Oregon Coast were examined for parasites and associated pathology. Nematode infections of the lung and/or gastrointestinal tract were the primary cause of death in 5 of 42 animals examined. New distribution records were established for Pricetrema zalophi and Zalophotrema hepaticum. New host records include Z. hepaticum and Diphyllobothrium cordatum in the Steller's sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus); Nanophyetus salmincola in the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus); P. zalophi in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina); and P. zalophi, Trigonocotyle sp. and Otostrongylus circumlitus in the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris).

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Caniformia / parasitology*
  • Cestode Infections / veterinary
  • Dipetalonema Infections / veterinary
  • Helminthiasis, Animal*
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / veterinary
  • Nematode Infections / veterinary
  • Oregon
  • Seals, Earless
  • Stomach Diseases / veterinary
  • Trematode Infections / veterinary