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Mitigating disease risk in an endangered pinniped: early hookworm elimination optimizes the growth and health of Australian sea lion pups
- Source :
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Vol 10 (2023)
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2023.
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Abstract
- The Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) experiences high pup mortality of seasonally alternating severity, partly attributed to endemic hookworm (Uncinaria sanguinis) infection. To further explore health outcomes of early hookworm elimination, a treatment trial was conducted at Seal Bay Conservation Park, South Australia, over consecutive lower and higher mortality breeding seasons (2019, 19.2%; 2020–1; 28.9%). Pups (n = 322) were stratified into two age cohorts (median 14 d and 24 d recruitment ages) and randomly assigned to treated (topical ivermectin 500 μg/kg) or control (untreated) groups. A younger prepatent cohort
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22971769
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.8c5c2a2516f4d4bbc5515d987411c75
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1161185