In this respect, the endemic behavior and the progressively expanding host range of DMV in the western Mediterranean Sea are a matter of concern (2,3,8), as exemplified by a peculiar case of infection in a captive harbor seal (
Phoca vitulina), a species with a mixed marine-terrestrial ecology (9).
Harbour seal (
Phoca vitulina) PMN and monocytes release extracellular traps to capture the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
Recently, conjoined twins were reported in bats (Artibeus phaeotis, Urban et al, 2015; genus Artibeus, Nogueira et al., 2017) and harbor seals (
Phoca vitulina, Olson et al., 2016).
Such studies of Pacific Harbor Seal (
Phoca vitulina richardii) foraging behaviors and dietary composition within the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME) have been conducted for several decades.
Acute lead toxicosis in a harbor seal (
Phoca vitulina richardsi) consequent to ingestion of a lead fishing sinker.
Implantation of subcutaneous radio transmitters in harbor seal (
Phoca vitulina).--Mar.
Abstract--Tidewater glacial fjords provide important habitat for breeding harbor seals (
Phoca vitulina) that rest, give birth, and nurse pups on icebergs.
Con respecto a efectos directos de los PCBs en la fauna salvaje desde la perspectiva de la Disrupcion Endocrina, la mejor evidencia se ha obtenido por ahora en mamiferos marinos, apareciendo un vinculo causal entre las alteraciones endocrinas y la exposicion no solo a PCBs sino tambien a PCDD, en un estudio en el puerto del Mar de Wadden con focas comunes (
Phoca vitulina).
The four species mentioned in Lamont's two publications were the harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), the ringed seal (Pusa hispida), the bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), and the harbor seal (
Phoca vitulina).
They also hunted the Disenchantment Bay harbor seals,
Phoca vitulina, and continue to do so today.
De igual modo, se reporto la infeccion por DMV en una foca en cautiverio (
Phoca vitulina), con hallazgos patologicos consistentes con la infeccion por morbillivirus.
(665) (209) Sattelrobbe Pagophilus groenlandicus; 44 harp seal Kegelrobbe Halichoerus grypus; grey seal 32 Seehund
Phoca vitulina; harbour seal 12 Ringelrobbe Phoca hispida; ringed seal 8 Unbestimmte 569 Ridala Spezies A-B (379) Kaali (39) Sattelrobbe 28 2 Kegelrobbe 22 14 Seehund 6 / Ringelrobbe 2 / Unbestimmte 321 23
Phoca vitulina - small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere