First Report of an Adult Tapeworm (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) in a Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis)

Colleen Young; Melissa A. Miller; Roman Kuchta; Jan Brabec; Seth D. Newsome; Murray Dailey

doi:10.7589/2017-01-020

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Colleen Young,^1,* Melissa A. Miller,¹ Roman Kuchta,² Jan Brabec,² Seth D. Newsome,³ Murray Dailey⁴

¹1California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Office of Spill Prevention and Response, Marine Wildlif
²2Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, 370 05
³3Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA;
⁴416450 Avenue of The Fountains, Fountain Hills, Arizona 85268, USA;

^*Corresponding author (email: colleen.young@wildlife.ca.gov)

Abstract

We present a novel case of an intestinal cestode infection in a southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis). The cestode species Diphyllobothrium tetrapterum (syn. Diplogonoporus tetrapterus) was confirmed genetically. Stable isotope analysis of whiskers collected from the sea otter did not confirm the consumption of fish as the route of exposure.

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Colleen Young, Melissa A. Miller, Roman Kuchta, Jan Brabec, Seth D. Newsome, and Murray Dailey "First Report of an Adult Tapeworm (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea) in a Southern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris nereis)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 53(4), 934-937, (1 October 2017). https://doi.org/10.7589/2017-01-020

Received: 31 January 2017; Accepted: 1 March 2017; Published: 1 October 2017

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