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Surveillance for zoonotic and selected pathogens in harbor seals Phoca vitulina from central California

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Date
30/09/2014
Author
Greig, Denise J
Gulland, Frances M D
Smith, Woutrina A
Conrad, Patricia A
Field, Cara L
Fleetwood, Michelle
Harvey, James T
Ip, Hon S
Jang, Spencer
Packham, Andrea
Wheeler, Elizabeth
Hall, Ailsa J
Funder
NERC
Grant ID
Agreement R8-H12-86
Keywords
Campylobacter
Leptospira
Influenza
Morillivirus
Neospora
Sarcocystis
Toxoplasma
Vibrio
QH301 Biology
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The infection status of harbor seals Phoca vitulina in central California, USA, was evaluated through broad surveillance for pathogens in stranded and wild-caught animals from 2001 to 2008, with most samples collected in 2007 and 2008. Stranded animals from Mendocino County to San Luis Obispo County were sampled at a rehabilitation facility: The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC, n = 175); wild-caught animals were sampled at 2 locations: San Francisco Bay (SF, n = 78) and Tomales Bay (TB, n = 97), that differed in degree of urbanization. Low prevalences of Salmonella, Campylobacter, Giardia, and Cryptosporidium were detected in the feces of stranded and wild-caught seals. Clostridium perfringens and Escherichia coli were more prevalent in the feces of stranded (58% [78 out of 135] and 76% [102 out of 135]) than wild-caught (42% [45 out of 106] and 66% [68 out of 106]) seals, whereas Vibrio spp. were 16 times more likely to be cultured from the feces of seals from SF than TB or TMMC (p
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Greig , D J , Gulland , F M D , Smith , W A , Conrad , P A , Field , C L , Fleetwood , M , Harvey , J T , Ip , H S , Jang , S , Packham , A , Wheeler , E & Hall , A J 2014 , ' Surveillance for zoonotic and selected pathogens in harbor seals Phoca vitulina from central California ' , Diseases of Aquatic Organisms , vol. 111 , no. 2 , pp. 93-106 . https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02762
Publication
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02762
ISSN
0177-5103
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2014 Inter-Research.
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We thank The John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program and Valentine Family Foundation for funding for this project.
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URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/18578

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