A gastric ulcer was diagnosed in a South American Sea Lion, Otario byronia, captured along the northern coast of Chile. Species of Anisakis and Phocanema were found to be associated with the lesions. A discussion of the histopathologic damage observed is presented, along with probable etiology of the ulcer.
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1 October 1976
THE HELMINTH FAUNA OF CHILE: IV. NEMATODES OF THE GENERA Anisakis DUJARDIN, 1845 AND Phocanema MYERS, 1954 IN RELATION WITH GASTRIC ULCERS IN A SOUTH AMERICAN SEA LION, Otaria byronia
PEDRO E. CATTAN,
BERT B. BABERO,
DANIEL TORRES N.