Toxoplasmosis in an Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)

J. P. Dubey; T. P. Lipscomb; M. Mense

doi:10.1645/GE-155R

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J. P. Dubey,¹ T. P. Lipscomb,¹ M. Mense²

¹Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory, Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350
²Department of Veterinary Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. 20306-6000. jdubey@anri.barc.usda.gov

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii infections in fish-eating marine mammals is intriguing and indicative of contamination of the sea environment with oocysts. Toxoplasma gondii was identified in an elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) that had encephalitis. Tissue cysts were found in sections of cerebrum, and the diagnosis was confirmed by immunohistochemical staining with T. gondii–specific polyclonal rabbit serum. This is the first report of T. gondii infection in an elephant seal.

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J. P. Dubey, T. P. Lipscomb, and M. Mense "Toxoplasmosis in an Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris)," Journal of Parasitology 90(2), 410-411, (1 April 2004). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-155R

Published: 1 April 2004

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