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1 July 1978 PARASITES AND ASSOCIATED PATHOLOGY OBSERVED IN PINNIPEDS STRANDED ALONG THE OREGON COAST
RICHARD K. STROUD
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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).

STROUD and DAILEY: PARASITES AND ASSOCIATED PATHOLOGY OBSERVED IN PINNIPEDS STRANDED ALONG THE OREGON COAST1 2
RICHARD K. STROUD "PARASITES AND ASSOCIATED PATHOLOGY OBSERVED IN PINNIPEDS STRANDED ALONG THE OREGON COAST," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 14(3), 292-298, (1 July 1978). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-14.3.292
Received: 15 November 1977; Published: 1 July 1978
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