Newly detected, virulent Toxoplasma gondii COUG strain causing fatal steatitis and toxoplasmosis in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)

Newly detected, virulent Toxoplasma gondii COUG strain causing fatal steatitis and toxoplasmosis in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis)

From February 2020 to March 2022, four southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) stranded in California with severe protozoal steatitis and systemic toxoplasmosis. Three of the infected otters stranded within 26 km of each other, and all four animals died during periods of increased rainfall-drive...

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Main Authors: Melissa Ann Miller, Cara A. Newberry, Devinn M. Sinnott, Francesca Irene Batac, Katherine Greenwald, Angelina Reed, Colleen Young, Michael D. Harris, Andrea E. Packham, Karen Shapiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Enhydra lutris nereis
genotype
pathology
steatitis
southern sea otter
Toxoplasma gondii
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1116899/full

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