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1 May 2018 Vasculitis and Thrombosis due to the Sea Lion Lungworm, Parafilaroides decorus, in a Guadalupe Fur Seal (Arctocephalus philippii townsendi)
Mauricio Seguel, Steven Nadler, Cara Field, Padraig Duignan
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Abstract

A free-ranging, male, yearling Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalus philippii townsendi) died due to multifocal verminous vasculitis with thrombosis and several embolic infarcts in liver, kidney, and brain. Nematodes extracted from lung blood vessels were identified as Parafilaroides decorus, a parasite normally found in alveoli of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus).

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Mauricio Seguel, Steven Nadler, Cara Field, and Padraig Duignan "Vasculitis and Thrombosis due to the Sea Lion Lungworm, Parafilaroides decorus, in a Guadalupe Fur Seal (Arctocephalus philippii townsendi)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 54(3), 638-641, (1 May 2018). https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-12-291
Received: 30 November 2017; Accepted: 30 January 2018; Published: 1 May 2018
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