Abstract |
Serum or heparinized plasma samples were obtained from 3 male (2 adult and 1 weaned calf) and 3 adult female free-ranging bearded seals Erignathus barbatus in May of 1994, 1995, or 1996. Blood samples were obtained from animals taken in subsistence hunts near St. Lawrence Island, Alaska and screened for antibodies to a suite of bacteria and viruses potentially pathogenic for pinnipeds and/or humans. No samples had detectable antibodies to Brucella spp., Phocine distemper virus, influenza A virus or caliciviruses (San Miguel sea lion virus strains 1, 2, and 4 to 13, vesicular exanthema of swine serotypes A48, B51, C52, D53, E54, F55, G55, H54, 155, J56, K54, 1934B, and Tillamook and Walrus calicivirus). One seal had a low titer of 100 to Leptospira interrogans serovar
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Authors | Paul P Calle, Dana J Seagars, Catherine McClave, Dennis Senne, Carol House, James A House |
Journal | Diseases of aquatic organisms
(Dis Aquat Organ)
Vol. 81
Issue 1
Pg. 77-80
(Aug 19 2008)
ISSN: 0177-5103 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 18828565
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Antibodies, Viral
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Topics |
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial
(blood)
- Antibodies, Viral
(blood)
- Bacteria
(classification, immunology)
- Female
- Male
- Pacific Ocean
- Seals, Earless
(blood)
- Viruses
(classification, immunology)
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