FIRST ISOLATION OF A CALICIVIRUS FROM THE STELLER SEA LION (EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS)

Douglas E. Skilling; Jeffrey E. Barlough; Eugene S. Berry; Robin F. Brown; Alvin W. Smith

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-23.4.534

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1 October 1987 FIRST ISOLATION OF A CALICIVIRUS FROM THE STELLER SEA LION (EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS)

Douglas E. Skilling, Jeffrey E. Barlough, Eugene S. Berry, Robin F. Brown, Alvin W. Smith

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 23(4):534-538 (1987). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-23.4.534

Abstract

A calicivirus was isolated from the rectum of a Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pup on Rogue Reef, off the southern Oregon coast. Based on the results of neutralization tests I with specific typing antisera, the isolate was identified as San Miguel sea lion virus serotype 6 (SMSV-6). Blood obtained from nine of 37 pups (24%) during virus sample collection procedures had specific neutralizing antibodies to SMSV-6. The isolation of SMSV-6 from a Steller sea lion represents, to our knowledge, the first isolation of any virus from this widely distributed marine mammal species, and serves to reconfirm the host-nonspecificity of yet another calicivirus of marine origin.

Skilling, Barlough, Berry, Brown, and Smith: FIRST ISOLATION OF A CALICIVIRUS FROM THE STELLER SEA LION (EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS)

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Douglas E. Skilling, Jeffrey E. Barlough, Eugene S. Berry, Robin F. Brown, and Alvin W. Smith "FIRST ISOLATION OF A CALICIVIRUS FROM THE STELLER SEA LION (EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 23(4), 534-538, (1 October 1987). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-23.4.534

Received: 12 January 1987; Published: 1 October 1987

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