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Toxoplasmosis in a Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi).
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Jun 2005
Honnold Shelley P, Braun Robert, Scott Dana P, Sreekumar C, Dubey J P
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii infection in marine mammals is intriguing and indicative of contamination of the ocean environment with oocysts. T. gondii was identified in a Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) that had visceral and cerebral lesions. Tachyzoites were found in the lymph nodes, spleen, diaphragm, heart, adrenal glands, and brain. A few tissue cysts were found in sections of the cerebrum. The diagnosis...
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