Vasculitis and Thrombosis due to the Sea Lion Lungworm, Parafilaroides decorus, in a Guadalupe Fur Seal ( Arctocephalus philippii townsendi).

Authors :: Seguel M
Nadler S
Field C
Duignan P
Source :: Journal of wildlife diseases [J Wildl Dis] 2018 Jul; Vol. 54 (3), pp. 638-641. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 May 01.
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: A free-ranging, male, yearling Guadalupe fur seal ( Arctocephalus philippii townsendi) died due to multifocal verminous vasculitis with thrombosis and several embolic infarcts in liver, kidney, and brain. Nematodes extracted from lung blood vessels were identified as Parafilaroides decorus, a parasite normally found in alveoli of California sea lions ( Zalophus californianus).

Subjects :: Animals
Lung Diseases, Parasitic parasitology
Lung Diseases, Parasitic pathology
Male
Nematoda classification
Nematode Infections complications
Nematode Infections pathology
Thrombosis parasitology
Thrombosis pathology
Vasculitis parasitology
Vasculitis pathology
Fur Seals parasitology
Lung Diseases, Parasitic veterinary
Nematoda isolation & purification
Nematode Infections veterinary
Thrombosis veterinary
Vasculitis veterinary

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