Surveillance for zoonotic and selected pathogens in harbor seals phoca vitulina from central California

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-106

  Greig, Denise J ^a,b   Gulland, Frances M D ^b   Smith, Woutrina A ^c   Conrad, Patricia A ^c   Field, Cara L ^d   Fleetwood, Michelle ^e   Harvey, James T ^f   Ip, Hon S ^g   Jang, Spencer ^h   Packham, Andrea ^c   Wheeler, Elizabeth ^b   Hall, Ailsa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^f MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Influenza; Leptospira; Morbillivirus; Neospora; Sarcocystis; Toxoplasma; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFLUENZA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PATHOGENICITY; PINNIPED; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; VIRUS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CAMPYLOBACTER; LEPTOSPIRA; MORBILLIVIRUS; NEOSPORA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; SARCOCYSTIS; TOXOPLASMA; VIBRIO;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FECES; HEALTH SURVEY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHOCA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DISEASES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CALIFORNIA; FECES; PHOCA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; VIRUS DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84907478994     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02762     Document Type: Article

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