Streptococcus phocae Isolated from a Spotted Seal (Phoca largha) with Pyometra in Alaska

Karsten Hueffer; Camilla L. Lieske; Lisa M. McGilvary; Rebekah F. Hare; Debra L. Miller; Todd M. O'Hara

doi:10.1638/2010-0064.1

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1 March 2011 Streptococcus phocae Isolated from a Spotted Seal (Phoca largha) with Pyometra in Alaska

Karsten Hueffer, Camilla L. Lieske, Lisa M. McGilvary, Rebekah F. Hare, Debra L. Miller, Todd M. O'Hara

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Karsten Hueffer,^* Camilla L. Lieske,^* Lisa M. McGilvary,^* Rebekah F. Hare,^* Debra L. Miller,^* Todd M. O'Hara^**,*

^*From the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA (Hueffer, Lieske, McGilvary, Hare, and O'Hara); Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA (Hueffer, Hare, and O'Hara); and Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 31793, USA (Miller).
^**Correspondence should be directed to Dr. Hueffer (khueffer@alaska.edu).

J. of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 42(1):108-112 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1638/2010-0064.1

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A spotted seal harvested by subsistence hunters in Kotzebue Sound, Alaska (USA), showed a grossly enlarged uterus and associated lymph nodes. Streptococcus phocae was isolated from the purulent uterine discharge. Histopathologic examination revealed inflammation that was limited to the uterine mucosa. Lymph nodes draining the affected organ were reactive but no evidence of active infection was found in the lymph nodes. This report is the first Streptococcus phocae isolated from spotted seals as well as the first report of pyometra as the main pathologic finding associated with this pathogen. Isolation of this pathogen from Alaska expands the reported range to arctic pinnipeds. Zoonotic potential remains unknown.

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Karsten Hueffer, Camilla L. Lieske, Lisa M. McGilvary, Rebekah F. Hare, Debra L. Miller, and Todd M. O'Hara "Streptococcus phocae Isolated from a Spotted Seal (Phoca largha) with Pyometra in Alaska," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 42(1), 108-112, (1 March 2011). https://doi.org/10.1638/2010-0064.1

Received: 9 April 2010; Published: 1 March 2011

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Karsten Hueffer, Camilla L. Lieske, Lisa M. McGilvary, Rebekah F. Hare, Debra L. Miller, Todd M. O'Hara "Streptococcus phocae Isolated from a Spotted Seal (Phoca largha) with Pyometra in Alaska," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 42(1), 108-112, (1 March 2011)

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