Helminth and respiratory mite lesions in Pinnipeds from Punta San Juan, Peru

Colegrove, Kathleen; Seguel, Mauricio; Adkesson, Michael; Calderón, Karla; Paredes, Enrique; Cardenas Alayza, Susana

dc.contributor.author	Seguel, Mauricio
dc.contributor.author	Calderón, Karla
dc.contributor.author	Colegrove, Kathleen
dc.contributor.author	Adkesson, Michael
dc.contributor.author	Cardenas Alayza, Susana
dc.contributor.author	Paredes, Enrique
dc.date.accessioned	2018-12-03T17:04:41Z
dc.date.available	2018-12-03T17:04:41Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4316
dc.description.abstract	The tissues and parasites collected from Peruvian fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) and South American sea lions (Otaria byronia) found dead at Punta San Juan, Peru were examined. The respiratory mite, Orthohalarachne attenuata infected 3 out of 32 examined fur seals and 3 out of 8 examined sea lions, however caused moderate to severe lymphohistiocytic pharyngitis only in fur seals. Hookworms, Uncinaria sp, infected 6 of the 32 examined fur seals causing variable degrees of hemorrhagic and eosinophilic enteritis. This parasite caused the death of 2 of these pups. In fur seals and sea lions, Corynosoma australe and Contracaecum osculatum were not associated with significant tissue alterations in the intestine and stomach respectively. Respiratory mites and hookworms have the potential to cause disease and mortality among fur seals, while parasitic infections do not impact significatively the health of sea lions at Punta San Juan, Peru.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Springer
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Acta Parasitologica
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Hookworm, mite	en_US
dc.subject	Orthohalarachne spp.	en_US
dc.subject	Peruvian fur seal	en_US
dc.subject	South American sea lion	en_US
dc.subject	Uncinaria sp.	en_US
dc.title	Helminth and respiratory mite lesions in Pinnipeds from Punta San Juan, Peru	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1515/ap-2018-0103
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.07
dc.relation.issn	1896-1851